Daredevil Star Charlie Cox Talks Spider-Man: Brand New Day Absence, Says He Won't Be In Avengers: Secret Wars

Appearing at a comic convention in the UK, Charlie Cox has broken his silence about not reprising his role as Daredevil in Spider-Man: Brand New Day and confirms he won't appear in Avengers: Secret Wars.

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By JoshWilding - Aug 09, 2026 10:08 AM EST

Filed Under: Avengers: Secret Wars

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has been hailed by many fans as the wall-crawler's best movie yet, but for some, it's hard to forgive Daredevil's absence.

Charlie Cox made his official MCU debut as Matt Murdock in 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home, and with Jon Bernthal's Punisher front and centre in Brand New Day, it seemed a given that the Man Without Fear might show up. After all, even with Matt behind bars, the opportunity was there to show him in the Department of Damage Control prison.

Spider-Man battling a Daredevil whose mind was being controlled by Jean Grey had heaps of potential, but it's easy enough to see why that didn't make it into the movie. Throw in the fact that Daredevil: Born Again is taking place in its own corner of the MCU, and we're once again stuck waiting to see Spidey share the screen with 'ol Hornhead.

Appearing at a comic convention in the UK, Charlie Cox broke his silence on not being part of Spider-Man: Brand New Day after months of speculation and rumours.

"I'm so glad I don't have to answer that question anymore. Ugh. It's awful because I knew I wasn't in it," he told fans, adding, "The amount of times people would be like, 'Are you in Spider-Man?' I just knew...they'd walk away with this big grin on their face, and that their hearts were gonna break."

Cox was also asked whether Daredevil could appear in Avengers: Secret Wars, and responded with a definitive, "No, I'm not going to be in it, no. Sorry. And you can believe me now."

With countless heroes likely to appear in the 2027 movie, it's a little heartbreaking to think Marvel Studios can't somehow find a role for Disney+'s Defenders. Of course, the movie hasn't started shooting yet, so there's always time for things to change and for Cox's Man Without Fear to get his due on the big screen.

Marvel Studios appears to be moving away from live-action TV shows on Disney+, leading to speculation that Daredevil: Born Again will end after Season 3. That would be a shame, but if it opens the door to Daredevil being in Spider-Man 5, it might not be the worst thing...

Charlie affirme ne pas être dans #AvengersSecretWars et qu'on peut maintenant le croire pic.twitter.com/NcFF5Mkj0w
— Charlie Cox France 🇫🇷 (@CharlieCoxFR) August 8, 2026

Charlie explique qu'il est soulagé que #SpidermanBrandNewDay soit enfin sorti et qu'il n'ait plus à répondre à la question de savoir s'il est dans le film. Lui et @DeborahAnnWoll parlent également de Jon. pic.twitter.com/cjsHeWghQ3
— Charlie Cox France 🇫🇷 (@CharlieCoxFR) August 8, 2026

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10 Comments

DocSpock - 8/9/2026, 10:14 AM

I understand this decision, but I hate it. Daredevil has always been one of my favorites since his comics intro.

Bucky74 - 8/9/2026, 10:23 AM

No live for DD in the MCU

Bucky74 - 8/9/2026, 10:24 AM

https://pagesix.com/2026/08/09/celebrity-news/highlander-star-christopher-lambert-69-collapses-at-pittsburgh-comic-con/

He’s doing okay, fortunately, but it sounds like he needs to slow down his schedule a little. There can be only one Christopher Lambert!

TheShellyMan - 8/9/2026, 10:31 AM

Stop treating Daredevil as a 2nd class citizen. Put him on the big screen already, dammit!

themawisdead - 8/9/2026, 10:34 AM

now having seen the movie, he clearly had no place in it & that's fine.

but it's definitely annoying to now have these characters under the same umbrella and yet they haven't gotten this classic team-up to launch.

it'll probably be another 4-5 years before we get another Spidey movie, and they'll likely focus on shifting to Miles at that point. so i hope they can fit in a DD or Defenders flick in between make this duo happen.

bobevanz - 8/9/2026, 10:41 AM

He didn't need to be in this movie, just like meager potatoes. I bet Avi Arad wanted that cameo lol Venom vibes

KetracelWhite74 - 8/9/2026, 10:47 AM

I'm fine with him not being in Secret Wars, it's always weird to have another low powered hero against cosmic god-like threats. Give me a film of DD teaming up with street level heroes.

Mrcool210 - 8/9/2026, 10:47 AM

He's not in it cause we all know the second Doom goes down a hallway it's game over.

Pathogen - 8/9/2026, 11:00 AM

I feel like he'd have been a better fit than Punisher in it, with the Hand in there. But obviously the Punisher's anti-hero and the clash with Spidey morales made for better character drama in that sense

Pathogen - 8/9/2026, 11:00 AM

@Pathogen - haha morals, not morales. Freudian slip, so to speak

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