8. Jessica’s best friend might become her sidekick and have a more complex role
During the production of Jessica Jones, the director was asked how Rachel Taylor, aka Trish “Patsy†Walker, would reflect what’s happening in the comic book. Rosenberg answered:
She’s one of the characters that I’m looking forward to exploring, and pushing to new territory, and the world is our oyster on that one. We can go anywhere we want with it and there’s a lot of mythology behind her…so that’s my way of avoiding answering the question.
In a recent interview about her character, Rachel Taylor explained how she wants to explore Patsy’s abilities:
I try not to get ahead of myself and think about it too much, because it’s easy to get carried away and think about things. You don’t want to count your eggs before they hatch, I guess, because we just found out about the second season today — and this is my first show that’s gone to a second season, so I’m super stoked. I already feel like I have more than my share, in a way, being on Netflix, being in the Marvel Universe, being in this show that has resonated so deeply with people. But of course, I mean, it would be amazing. I mean, it’s already a privilege to play a history that has so much lineage within the Marvel Universe. And to take it that one step further is something that, yeah, I’d love to get my teeth stuck into, whatever happens to the character (via ComicBookResources).
