Charlie Cox On How DAREDEVIL's Powers Will Be Depicted In The Netflix Series

Charlie Cox On How DAREDEVIL's Powers Will Be Depicted In The Netflix Series

While we await the trailer for Marvel's Daredevil TV series tomorrow, check out some highlights from an interview with the Man Without Fear himself, Charlie Cox. The actor explains how Matt Murdock's "sonar sense" will be displayed, & it sounds like it'll be quite different to the 2003 movie anyway..

By MarkCassidy - Feb 03, 2015 04:02 PM EST
Filed Under: Daredevil
Source: Via MCU Exchange

The Scratch the Surface podcast sat down for a chat with Charlie Cox (The Theory of Everything, Boardwalk Empire) today, and quizzed him a little about playing the titular blind superhero in Marvel and Netflix's upcoming Daredevil show. The actor gives his thoughts on Fox's 2003 movie with Ben Affleck ("I thought it was fun at times, I just don't think to make that movie in that tone suits daredevil, it doesn’t really work for that character and that world"), talks about the comics he read in preparation for the role and more -- but perhaps most interestingly, he reveals how the character's sonar-like superpowers will be depicted on-screen. Cox concocts a scenario to better explain things, and from his account, it seems we won't be getting anything like the blue-tinged "sound vision" shots from the Daredevil film.

"We had to adapt certain things for the purpose of story telling. Like for example, and I’m making this up so there are no spoilers here, there is a scene where I come into the room, and lets say there are guns all over the floor on one side of the room and drugs on the other side of the room. Im just making this up, I promise I’m just making this up. So lets say that’s the scene. I come into the room, and I [Daredevil] can pick up on those things, based on a combination of his senses, smell, gunpowder in the air, taste of cocaine in the air or whatever, he can sense those things. But you can’t tell that story on camera without having a camera move that goes to them. Daredevil wouldn’t need to look in that direction in order to sense those objects, but the camera needs to. So we had to come up with a way where he has to focus on things in order to kind of sense them, and by focusing he kind of cocks his head towards what it is he’s trying to get a sense of, trying to kind of create an image in his mind of what it is, so we can tell that story."


How does that sound to you guys? Be sure to click on the link below for more from Cox, as well as input from True Blood's Deborah Ann Woll who will play Karen Page on the show.
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MrCBM56
MrCBM56 - 2/3/2015, 8:42 AM
Spoilers much.





....Just kidding. Don't hurt me.
Malakas
Malakas - 2/3/2015, 4:08 PM
So they aren't that special?
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 2/3/2015, 4:09 PM
I'm just thinking. How does Daredevil go to the bathroom? I mean I can understand him doing a number 2 because your just sitting down but how does he know where to aim?

Come to think of it, when he has a number 2, how does he know he's done wiping?

These are questions along with the fact that he's a lawyer and likely has a tremendous amount of student loans to pay back that I'd like to see the show answer.
Malakas
Malakas - 2/3/2015, 4:10 PM
@LEVITIKUZ
LMAO!!!!!
He smells the shit paper!
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!
tokens
tokens - 2/3/2015, 4:10 PM
so.... blind sherlock holmes
XMenMarvelFan
XMenMarvelFan - 2/3/2015, 4:12 PM
Can someone please explain to me, that why is it whenever I try to post a picture or gif the comments get's all [frick]ed up? I'm doing the proper command and then posting the link, I don't get it :/
xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx - 2/3/2015, 4:12 PM
Interesting...
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 2/3/2015, 4:18 PM
I would hate being blind so much.

I would probably always live at home eating meals my mama makes because I would think someone in the restaurant would [frick] around with my food and do stuff like spit in it.

Come to think of it, how does Matt pay his bills and pay for food? Does he use a credit or debt card? Likely because there is no way he's able to tell a $20 bill from a $1 bill.
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 2/3/2015, 4:18 PM
I'm loving it!!!!!

tokens
tokens - 2/3/2015, 4:18 PM
....havent seen an editorial in a while...



....one of u needs to f*cking hop to it...
ThedamnBatman
ThedamnBatman - 2/3/2015, 4:18 PM
LMAO you guys, you managed to make the comment section about poop in about a bit more then 10 comments lol
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 2/3/2015, 4:19 PM
All this news from Marvel & DC.....is making me want to read more comics....
XMenMarvelFan
XMenMarvelFan - 2/3/2015, 4:19 PM
@LEVITIKUZ Lol well too be fair Matt can still "See" kind of. Yes he is blind but he does have his sonar scene which allows him to hear and of a lack a better world see the things around him.
suitekid
suitekid - 2/3/2015, 4:23 PM
@LEVITIKUZ He feels around the bathroom awkwardly until his hand gets wet and the he sits down.


Also is there gonna be drugs in this show? Stuff's gonna get dark! haha
Nasseal82isback
Nasseal82isback - 2/3/2015, 4:24 PM
Sherlock Holmes rip of......Flame on!!!
DoomBot666
DoomBot666 - 2/3/2015, 4:26 PM
@LEVITIKUZ I'm sure he can sense the water moving in the toilet bowl, so he knows where to aim.


Matt's powers were very well visualized in the first Mark Waid run of Daredevil, I kinda hope that's how they portray it
DoomBot666
DoomBot666 - 2/3/2015, 4:27 PM
@TheAmbassador that is my favorite GIF related to Phase 3 I've ever seen. cracks me up every time
Nasseal82isback
Nasseal82isback - 2/3/2015, 4:29 PM
All joking aside, I can not wait to see this shit. Lets hope they will show us the good stuff tomorrow with the trailer.
LordDaredevil
LordDaredevil - 2/3/2015, 4:38 PM
People who still don't understand Daredevil's powers make me sad.

His heightened senses aren't technically part of his radar sense. His radar sense is created by a phenomenon in which his brain sends out radioactive waves that bounce off of the objects around him before returning to his brain. It's like a radioactive sonar. His heightened smell, hearing, and other senses are just an extra.
MarkV
MarkV - 2/3/2015, 4:47 PM
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 2/3/2015, 4:47 PM
@AlexanderLykins

Totally off subject, but best Parks and Rec gag reel, haha, can't imagine being on set with Pratt

CaptainAmerica31
CaptainAmerica31 - 2/3/2015, 4:50 PM
Man FF and the DD trailer teaser are very good examples of how to make a [frick]ing trailer my god. The tone for both were phenomenal I just can't wait till tomorrow
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