DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN Casts THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK Star Michael Gandolfini In A Mystery Role

DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN Casts THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK Star Michael Gandolfini In A Mystery Role

With production slated to begin next year, Marvel Studios' Daredevil: Born Again is starting to round out its cast, and the first major addition is The Many Saints of Newark star Michael Gandolfini.

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By RohanPatel - Dec 01, 2022 08:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Daredevil: Rebirth
Source: Deadline

Deadline is reporting that Michael Gandolfini (The Many Saints of Newark; Cherry) has joined the cast of Marvel Studios' upcoming Disney+ series, Daredevil: Born Again. 

The trade adds that he is potentially playing an original character named Liam, who is simply described as an ambitious guy from Staten Island. Whether he has a comic book counterpart remains to be seen. 

Gandolfini is the first major addition to the cast, which is headlined by Charlie Cox (Daredevil; Spider-Man: No Way Home) as the titular Man Without Fear and Vincent D'Onofrio (Daredevil; Hawkeye) as Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. the Kingpin. 

The up-and-coming actor is best known for playing the young Tony Soprano in The Many Saints of Newark, taking over the iconic role from his late father, James Gandolfini. His recent credits also include Paramount+'s The Offer, Apple TV+'s Cherry, HBO's The Deuce, and Warner Bros.' Ocean's Eight. 

The series will be part of Phase 5 in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, serving as a standalone sequel to the Daredevil Netflix series, which ran for three seasons, and will pick up Murdock's story sometime after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Hawkeye, and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. It will be a direct sequel to Echo.

Daredevil: Born Again will reportedly consist of eighteen episodes and will launch in 2024, exclusively on Disney+. 

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Franshu
Franshu - 12/1/2022, 8:53 PM
Kingpin's son maybe? Although if they were keeping some of the Netflix's show continuity, IDK how that'd work
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/1/2022, 9:21 PM
@Franshu - Fisk had an illegitimate kid recently in the comics that he just discovered
StSteven
StSteven - 12/1/2022, 9:02 PM
So all I can say is that if they are pulling in actors from “The Sopranos” franchise into “DD:BA” we should be in for something special here.
StSteven
StSteven - 12/1/2022, 9:10 PM
It’s almost like Kevin said: “Hey, a crazy idea, but hear me out: what if we crossed the Netflix DD show with “The Sopranos”, but the Kingpin is Tony Soprano”? And everyone went “OMG I would watch the hell out of a 6 episode season of that”. And then Kevin said “You know what? F**k 6 episodes! Let’s make it 12! You know what?… F**k or all, let’s go with 18. I’ve got a really good feeling about this!!!”
soberchimera
soberchimera - 12/1/2022, 9:19 PM
Leland mentioned in S1 he has a son named Lee...
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/1/2022, 9:21 PM
Richard Fisk in disguise is an easy guess but Fisk’s other son Byron would be interesting too. Make more sense than Richard.


Byron found out he was Kingpin’s illegitimate son years later. That would make sense as “Liam” wouldn’t be Vanessa’s son.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/1/2022, 9:27 PM
The guy was great in saints 🔥




Marvel scooped him up💪
PapaSpank54
PapaSpank54 - 12/1/2022, 9:43 PM
YES THIS DUDE IS FIRE
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 12/1/2022, 9:50 PM
He and three of his buddies are going to be pranking each other and filming everyone's reactions. And if they refuse, they lose.
Saga
Saga - 12/1/2022, 10:01 PM
Okay what is up with Daredevil and the sopranos?? First movie had aj soprano and the guy that played ralphie played Ben Ulrich, the Netflix show had Jon bernthal who was also on mant Saints and now Tony soprano himself
solskulldeath
solskulldeath - 12/1/2022, 10:23 PM
from the picture thumbnail, he looks like young Anton Chigurh.
Toecutter
Toecutter - 12/1/2022, 10:38 PM
Fisk's son perhaps?
noahthegrand
noahthegrand - 12/1/2022, 10:57 PM
I imagined Matt Smith as The Owl in my initial fancastings but he could totally do it.

A young up and coming crime boss to rival the older Fisk and try to come for his throne

Or alternatively he could be The Rose?
LSHF
LSHF - 12/2/2022, 2:26 PM
Let me guess; he's playing some type if Mob gangster dude?

Kidding aside, I hope his acting career does well.
HOTSHOT
HOTSHOT - 12/3/2022, 11:28 AM
If he's playing Richard then that's pretty much confirmation they're not keeping the previous continuity intact (unless he's adopted or from a former fling.)

If he's playing an original character with the previous continuity remaining the same then he MIGHT be Owlsley's son. After all, they did say they wanted to have the Owl be the villain of Season 4.
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