Marvel’s “Luke Cage” To Add Frank Whaley
According to Deadline he will be playing Detective Rafael Scarfe, a tough NYPD detective, and according to Marvel comics, partner to Misty Knight as well as an ally to both Luke Cage and Iron Fist. In the comics Scarfe eventually goes rogue. Whether the character will do that down the road in the the Netflix series is yet to be revealed.
Whaley’s casting follows the recent additions of Simone Missick as Misty Knight, Rosario Dawson, reprising her Daredevil and Jessica Jones role as Claire Temple, and Alfre Woodard as Minetta and Theo Rossi in an unspecified role (although the latter is expected to play the villainous Shades).
Mike Colter stars in the series as Luke Cage, who will be introduced in Netflix’s “Jessica Jones.”