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Phoenix666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

Considering that the premise of Altered Carbon is about people who can change into different bodies [cnet.com] called "sleeves," it makes sense that some of the characters from season 1 will have new faces.

Anthony Mackie [metacritic.com] -- best known for his role as Sam Wilson/Falcon in Captain America: Civil War [cnet.com] and the Avengers [cnet.com] movies -- will play the lead character, mercenary Takeshi Kovacs. Actor Joel Kinnaman [metacritic.com] originally played the character in season 1.

Simone Missick [metacritic.com] -- who played Detective Misty Knight in the Netflix Marvel shows The Defenders [cnet.com], Luke Cage [cnet.com] and Iron Fist [cnet.com] -- joins as the character Trepp.

Dina Shihabi, who played Neda Kazemi in Daredevil [cnet.com], is a new character named Dig 301.

Will the erstwhile Marvel actors augment the show, or drag it down?

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