‘Iron Fist’ Netflix Spoilers: Jeri Hogarth Is The Next Claire Temple

The first footage of Iron Fist was shown to a packed crowd at New York Comic Con last weekend. Showrunners revealed Jeri Hogarth would have a role in the series, but until now it was unclear in what capacity. Now we know just how involved Jeri Hogarth is with Danny Rand.

“She has an extremely important role in Danny’s life,” Executive Producer Scott Buck said at New York Comic Con. “I can’t really reveal anything about it, unfortunately, but she’s very involved in our story and Danny’s journey.”

Hogarth knows Daredevil and Jessica Jones. At the end of Daredevil Season 2, Hogarth offers Foggy Nelson a job specifically dealing with ‘supernatural’ humans since Nelson and Murdock is done for the time being. It looks like Danny has recruited Hogarth to help him get back his father’s business and fight Harold Meachum on a legal front.

In fact, it could be the other way around. Hogarth very well could have reached out to Danny upon hearing he’s back in New York. In the comics, Jeryn Hogarth was a good friend of Wendell Rand, Danny’s father. He was his lawyer, and when he died, took care of the Rand estate. Jeryn Hogarth also hired Misty Knight and Colleen Wing to keep an eye on Danny when he first returned. Now that Danny is back, Jeri could be the first person looking for him.

“Danny has very much a hopeful optimism about him, and Carrie-Anne obviously lives in a different kind of world, and so being able to see those two worlds collide is just the beginning of the many obstacles that he goes through,” added Head of Marvel Television Jeph Loeb (via CBR).

Jeryn Hogarth went on to become the attorney for Heroes For Hire, a group Luke Cage and Iron Fist form with Misty Knight and Colleen Wing. However, it’s unclear if we’ll see Heroes for Hire come to fruition on the Netflix series. At this point it seems highly likely Jeri Hogarth will become a major recurring character for Marvel-Netflix, much like Claire Temple, who has appeared in every series thus far.

Iron Fist releases March 17, 2017.