Jessica Jones may have made her MCU debut in this week's episode of Daredevil: Born Again season 2, but Krysten Ritter has revealed that there were discussions about her character returning in season 1 instead.
"There was some talk about me appearing in the first season," Ritter told Entertainment Weekly. "I think it's like two-and-a-half years ago that we first started hearing a whiff about it. So I was so excited. They were bringing back a lot of characters and I was like, I wonder if I could bring back Jessica. I have everything ready. I'll be ready. And then, lucky for me, they did bring Jessica back and I'm so thrilled. I kept the secret for a long time. I was asked about it constantly, and I just had to come up with new excuses and, I don't know, cute responses."
She added, "Then when I knew I was coming back for season 2, I was also filming Dexter[: Resurrection] at the same time. So that was a fun little diversion because when I got to New York, everybody assumed I was doing Daredevil and it really was a great way to throw everybody off the track. Little did they know I'd be going straight from Dexter to Daredevil."
In episode 6 of season 2, titled 'Requiem', we pick up with Jessica for the first time since Netflix's Jessica Jones ended in 2019 – and she's living a very different life to when we last saw her in the Defenders Saga. She's left the city and has a young daughter, who comes under threat when Mr. Charles' men attack their house. That brings her back into the fray she's been trying so hard to avoid, and she teams up with Daredevil to destroy Charles' weapons (which Fisk has commandeered for the AVTF).
Daredevil: Born Again season 2 is dropping weekly on Disney Plus. Stay up to date with our Daredevil: Born Again season 2 release schedule, or check out our Daredevil: Born Again season 2 review.
