When Luke Cage appears in Marvel's Jessica Jones, he'll already have his powers. However, they'll be fairly new to him and he won't know the upper limits of his capabilities. Apparently in episode 2 of Jessica Jones, Cage finds himself in a precarious position on a table saw but of course walks away unscathed thanks to his unbreakable skin.
Speaking to Collider, Mike Colter stated, "You guys have seen the first two [episodes]. I think there are more than one moment for me, but since you’ve seen the first two, I think for me it’s like, we talk about realism and what we can do and less is more and stuff like that and being grounded. For me it was the table saw moment for Cage at the end of [episode] two, this moment where you’re like, you show your power but in a subtle way in a sense but it’s so effective and then it’s just a moment, it’s like this thing where you’re like –Because what’s great about what they’re doing is like we’re discovering, especially for Cage, he’s discovering this power as you see him, he doesn’t know what he can do. And so he has the power, he doesn’t know what he can do, so he knows some things, he doesn’t know everything. So you’ll find that out as it goes, that’s what’s cool, that moment of like, “I know I can do this and this is what I’m gonna show you right now that’ll let you know…” you know. But it’s a movie moment, it’s one of those things where you’re like, “I’m unbreakable.” This is that moment and then what does that mean? All that stuff. So that was that moment where we shot that, I remember we were rushing to get it shot but it turned out a cool moment."
Based on Colter's comments it sounds as if Colter is somehow strapped on a table saw, seemingly about to be split in two and then the scene shifts and when we return there's a mangled table saw and Cage is long gone. Subtle, but definitely an indicator of what Luke Cage is all about.
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