In August, we’ll see Jessica Jones team up with Daredevil, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist in Marvel's The Defenders, but she’s also set to return in the second season of her own series sometime next year. And it appears that the second season will introduce us to a new man in Jessica's life.
Filming for Jessica Jones Season 2 began during the first week of April, and a new batch of leaked photos from the set have shown up on Tumblr and Twitter in which Jessica shares some intimate moments with a new character, including a kiss.
Unfortunately, they’re side-view shots, and we don’t see enough of the actor portraying this mysterious new lover to recognize him. However, there's no doubt that he's neither Mike Colter nor David Tennant! Check out the photos below!
Interestingly, Jessica isn't wearing her signature black leather jacket in these new photos. Her hair also looks different; it’s more stylish than it was in the first season. It does look similar to her hairdo in set photos from a few days ago, in which Ritter's character is accompanied by Rachel Taylor's Trish Walker, who also looks more glamorous. Pictures released more recently have her standing in front of a store's display window wearing the black jacket.
One convincing explanation might be that these are all flashback scenes from a time before Jessica encountered Tennant's Kilgrave. If that’s true, the mysterious character is not a new lover, but someone from the past. Or, though it seems unlikely, it's also possible that she’s trying to get back to a more normal life after the events in The Defenders. The new wardrobe, hairstyle, and relationship could be part of that effort.
