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Theres someone new in Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) orbit, but is she friend or foe?

It was a very physical character, she hints.

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To play somebody with her kind ofissueswas something Id never done before.

She pauses, trying to come up with the right, spoiler-free words.

The way she looks at life is a littleskewed.

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Plus, McTeer felt she had never come across a role like this in her more-than-three-decades-long career.

To do something youve never done before when youre my age is really cool.

I liked the challenge.

Well, not all of it.

Being a physically imposing person, you go through the world in a different way.

Theyre strong and weak at the same time.

Marvels Jessica Jonesreturns March 8, a.k.a.

International Womens Day, on Netflix.