Not really, the trailers honestly showed that. Rewatch them. Then rewatch that last Iron Fist trailer.
I know what is in the trailer, I have watched them. It's a trailer. Like Dr. Steven Strange has a wicked sense of humor, and a deep heart. Don't see that in the trailer in the interest of selling other aspects of his story though. My point is nobody knows what they are going to do, but what we do know is there is a chance that they will explore what some of what we expect because they are
n't deviating so far.
Edit for spell check.
For example, who is Luke Cage in the comics? From the jump, he was someone who was completely open about about his powers, using them for personal gain. He eventually trended towards heroism, but at no point did he hide or avoid his abilities. He's not soft-spoken. He's not particularly erudite. The MCU version I enjoyed, but they essentially crafted a new version of the character.
Well currently, there are no indications Danny will be clownshoes and given the characterization changes made for Cage, I'm not seeing it. It's more likely that they will play Danny Rand straight.
As which point, my earlier statement stands. There's nothing you're avoiding by making him non-white.
The Jessica Jones trailers were pretty open about being focused wholly around the Purple Man.
If they did play Danny any other way than the way that he is, he'd be pretty boring. Could it be done? Sure. Iron Fist was always going to be problematic, no matter how you cut it.
He's kind of the token white guy in a sea of ethnic minorities day to day, and it works with his just not quite getting it, and humor.
As far as the advertising for Jess goes, I didn't say that we didn't know about Purple Man. I'm saying no one expected them to really go there and not tone it way down.
I'm not even trying to cape for another white main character here. I'm just saying that if they did him the same way that he is in the comics, there is more than enough justification there to keep the character how he is.