Luke Cage

Quentin Tarantino grew up collecting Luke Cage comics, and he wanted to make a film adaptation starring Laurence Fishburne after directing Reservoir Dogs (1992). He later explained, "What actually dissuaded me from doing it... was my comic geek friends talked me out of it... Because I had an idea that Larry Fishburne would've been the perfect guy to play Luke Cage... But all my friends were like, 'No, no, listen, it's got to be Wesley Snipes.' And I go, 'Look, I like Wesley Snipes, but Larry Fishburne is practically Marlon Brando. I think Fish is the man.' And they're like, 'Yeah, but he'd have to get in shape in a big way. Snipes is that way already!' And I go, 'Fuck that! That's not that important! Fuck you, you ruined the whole damn thing!'" He made Pulp Fiction (1994) instead.

The thumb drive that Luke Cage gives Claire, which has Reva's data on it, is a different one than the one given to him by Jessica Jones (and also shown earlier in the Luke Cage series), which is bright yellow in color and has rounded edges.

The first season has its episode titles named after a Gang Starr song.

The second season has its episode titles named after a Pete Rock-C.L. Smooth song.

Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: January Jones/Mike Colter/Chris Lane/Danny Carey (2016)