In the most recent issue of Empire‘s coverage of Iron Fist, a brand new image (below) shows Danny Rand in action, engaged in combat with a knife-wielding assailant.
However, the new image isn’t nearly the most exciting thing about Empire‘s coverage. Danny Rand himself, Finn Jones, discussed the action we can expect to see from the series, and in doing so confirmed that a key element of Iron Fist’s backstory has been preserved. In the comics, Danny Rand becomes the Iron Fist after defeating the immortal dragon Shou-Lao. It’s during their battle that Danny receives his iconic dragon-shaped brand on his chest. However, many fans were concerned that Danny’s origin story would be modified for the TV show given the difficulties of creating a dragon on a Netflix budget. Fortunately, according to Finn Jones, it looks like we can expect to see Shou-Lao appear after all:
Danny has to deal with society’s reaction…He comes back and says: ‘Hey, guess what? I’ve been in this place called K’un Lun for years, I’ve got this thing called the Iron Fist and I met a dragon!’ And everybody’s like, ‘What the fuck are you talking about? You’re insane.’
Iron Fist will stream exclusively on Netflix on March 17th 2017
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