Derek and John recently sat down for an interview with Cheo Hodari Coker, the showrunner of Luke Cage, for a chat all about the show. This is a spoiler filled discussion all about Luke Cage season 1 and 2 so make sure you’ve watched everything up to the final credits before listening.

Some of the topics we spoke about in our interview with Cheo Hodari Coker were:

His inspirations for Season 1 and Season 2 of Luke Cage, from his time working on Southland and Ray Donovan to the guidance given by Jeph Loeb.

What drives him from the writers room, to the reviews, to the support group of the Marvel Netflix showrunners.

Happy accidents in filming that lead to iconic moments.

The antagonists of season one and season two from Mahershala Ali as Cornell “Cottonmouth” Stokes and Erik LaRay Harvey as Willis Stryker / Diamondback, to Mustafa Shakir as John McIver / Bushmaster, Gabrielle Dennis as Tilda Johnson and of course Alfre Woodard as Mariah Dillard

The original motivation behind John McIvor for Luke Cage Season 2 and why it changed.

Treating Iron Fist differently and having other showrunners using the characters he brought to life.

What Hogwarts house he belongs to and how Harry Potter informs his adaptation process.

We also speak to him about the boxing metaphors in Luke Cage and his time working with Sylvester Stallone on the drafts for Creed II.

We really enjoyed our interview with Cheo Hodari Coker about Luke Cage and everything else and hope we can bring our fellow Defenders more in the future. We love to hear from you about your thoughts on all of our podcasts so please send yours to feedback@defenderstvpodcast.com join us on facebook at Facebook.com/groups/defenderstvpodcast or follow us on Twitter @defenderscast and you can now record your thoughts for the podcast directly from our website defenderstvpodcast.com by clicking the “Send Voicemail” button.

John, Chris and Derek

Defenders TV Podcast

Date recorded: 21/09/2018

Date published: 26/09/2018

MP3, 98.48 mins, 96kbps, 68.0 MB

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