Rumors that Charlie Cox was set to reprise his role as Matt Murdock from Netflix's Daredevil series in Spider-Man: No Way Home were doing the rounds for some time before the movie's release, and sure enough, the British actor returned for a brief cameo as Peter Parker's "really good lawyer."
Cox only featured in one scene, but was still given the opportunity to demonstrate his lightning-fast reflexes by catching a brick that was thrown through May's window. It was a memorable moment included to set-up future appearances for the Man Without Fear, but it's now come to light that there was talk of the character returning in-costume as the Devil of Hell's Kitchen.
While being interviewed for The Q&A Podcast with Jeff Goldsmith, writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers revealed that there was "absolutely" talk of Cox returning for more than just his one scene, but it was decided that there was already enough going on in the final act.
"That was the challenge with this movie: bringing all these other characters in," Sommers said. "We love these characters, and you would love to see them do all kinds of stuff, but the question is, what is there room for? I could watch any of these characters we brought in just do a whole other movie by themselves or in some various combination, but we have to, ultimately, service the story of our Peter Parker and our Spider-Man, no matter how tempting it is."
It's true that having Daredevil join the fray during the Statue of Liberty battle might have been overkill, but it would have been nice to see a little more of Murdock in some capacity.
Cox is expected to return as the Man Without Fear for his own Disney+ series at some point, and is rumored to appear in both She-Hulk and Echo.
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