There has been a lot of talk about Crews possibly taking on the role of Cage in a future Marvel movie, but with the character receiving his own Netflix series it could very well happen. Collider had a chance to talk with Crews while he was doing publicity for Tyler Perry's The Single Mom's Club, and he sounds more than interested...
Crews: “Anything can happen. All I know is scheduling and all that stuff—anything can happen. I’m open to all kinds of things, but who knows? Actually I took myself out of the Luke Cage running a while back, just because it was people trying to put people against each other. [It was] Idris vs. Michael Jai and I’m like, ‘Wait a minute, this is not even greenlit! Can we talk to Marvel? Why are you talking to me? Don’t put me against my homeboy for a movie that’s not existing.’ I said, ‘Take me out!’
“I heard [it’s greenlit] but I haven’t gotten any calls. I’ve been hearing stuff like, ‘oh you’re too old,’ and I’m like, ‘Man do my workout 20 years ago and we’ll talk about who’s too old (laughs).’”
“Like I said, anything can happen, I never rule anything out. I’m game. There are no rules. What’s up, Marvel? I’m right here, baby. I ain’t goin nowhere. You know where I live!”
Crews is currently starring on Fox's cop comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, but I'm willing to bet he'd try to get out of that contract for a plum gig in the Marvel Universe. The plan is for Marvel to produce four 13-episode series beginning with Daredevil, followed by Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and then Iron Fist. That will lead to a four or eight-episode miniseries titled The Defenders.
