I vaguely remembered the Purple Man from my happily misspent youth reading comics, especially Daredevil, so I looked about a bit to see what's been done with the character lately.
This is what I stumbled upon, thanks to the Nerdist.
Yeah, it's disturbing. And with a bit of imagination, it would be incredibly, too-many-shades-of-purple wrong but oh, with DT in the role, I'd still watch.
https://www.nerdist.com/2015/01/doctor-who-star-david-tennant-joins-marvels-jessica-jones-netflix-series/