Absent from every piece of footage we’ve seen for the upcoming Iron Fist (available on Netflix on March 17th) has been the iconic mask and kung fu PJs from the comics. According to showrunner Scott Buck, we shouldn’t hold our breath waiting to see him change into it.

There was no good reason we could imagine to put Danny Rand in a costume because Danny Rand is still discovering who he is as a hero and where he is going to be, so he’s not yet ready to put on a mask or a costume.

It looks like the shots of him in the mountains (maybe right after claiming the power of the Iron Fist) might be the closest we get to the costumed look. You might wonder how a recently resurrected CEO can expect to moonlight as kung-fu vigilante without any consequences and you wouldn’t be alone. Fortunately, Buck has thought about it as well.

At the same time he is someone who is rather well known as a billionaire, so he can’t necessarily go out in public and do the things he does without being recognized. It does become an issue for the character.

Longtime fans of Danny Rand may be worried that other aspects that seem so integral to the character might be lost in translation as well. We know from the trailers that Danny does have the dragon on his chest (and according to Jones there is a dragon in the series) and that there is a certain mystical quality to his powers. But as Buck says, we may not get a full explanation of how it all works.

We’re trying to keep things extremely grounded and real and tell our stories through characters. So the mystical aspect is something we like to hint at, the idea that there is something bigger and larger out there, but we don’t delve into it all that deeply.

Well, we’re not quite sure how to take that, we won’t have much longer to wait to find out. How do you feel about the lack of the costume and the potential hand-waving over the mysticism associated with the Iron Fist? Let us know!

SOURCE: Games Radar