DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN Star Charlie Cox Explains Why Matt Murdock & Wilson Fisk Won't Have Many Scenes Together

DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN Star Charlie Cox Explains Why Matt Murdock & Wilson Fisk Won't Have Many Scenes Together

In a new interview, Daredevil: Born Again star Charlie Cox explains why Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk won't have much screen-time together in the Disney+ series...

By MarkCassidy - Oct 22, 2024 09:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Daredevil

The original Netflix Daredevil series didn't really feature that many scenes with Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) and Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio) together, which made it all the more impactful when the two did share the screen.

Though fans are very excited about seeing these bitter enemies reunite for the upcoming Daredevil: Born Again series, it sounds like the Disney+ revival is going to take a similar approach - but with good reason.

"With these characters, you have to always feel like, were they to cross paths, they would fight to the death," Cox explains to Collider. "It would be hugely explosive. So, you have to, in the writing of a show, in the construction of it, you have to limit the amount of time they can be together or you have to give them real reason for them not to be together.”

Cox also confirmed that The Man Without Fear and the Kingpin will form "loose truce," and agree to "stay out of each other’s lane." It doesn't last very long, however, as "both characters constantly question whether their counterpart is going too far."

In related news, Cox paid a visit to the blind and visually impaired students at the New York City Institute for Special Education in the Bronx on Friday to chat about his portrayal of a blind superhero.

Joining Cox and D'Onofrio will be Deborah Ann Woll (Karen Page) and Elden Henson (Foggy Nelson), who were not going to be a part of the new series originally. Jon Bernthal will also reprise his role as Frank Castle/The Punisher, along with Wilson Bethel as the villainous Bullseye.

Michael Gandolfini, Margarita Levieva, Nikki M. James, Michael Gaston, Arty Froushan, Clark Johnson, Lou Taylor Pucci, and Hunter Doohan are also on board in supporting roles.

The Punisher writer Dario Scardapane is believed to have come aboard as the project's new showrunner.

Specific plot details are still under wraps, but we know that Born Again will see Matt Murdock/Daredevil face-off against his old nemesis the Kingpin, who we last saw rushing back to New York in the season finale of Echo. Fisk will likely be either running for mayor of NYC or already appointed to the position when the story gets underway.

Daredevil: Born Again is set to premiere on March 4, 2025.

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RolandD
RolandD - 10/22/2024, 9:24 PM
Their last seen together in the Netflix Daredevil show was certainly impactful. I can watch that over and over again.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 10/22/2024, 9:25 PM
Glad to hear it, as much as they hate each other they should always keep the tension between the two.
HAUSMAN01
HAUSMAN01 - 10/22/2024, 9:31 PM
I don't think they had many scenes in the User Comment Image NETFLIX User Comment Image Daredevil together either, User Comment Image & TBH as long as the show is written well, I don't mind that as long as the few scenes there do film together out great User Comment Image
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 10/22/2024, 9:33 PM
Why tho? Us jonatan a major?
JFerguson
JFerguson - 10/22/2024, 10:00 PM
This is all I wanna see left for them man

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DD, spidey and KP.
Wanna hear DD actually call him Kingpin the way they had Hawkeye do so in Hawkeye.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 10/22/2024, 10:09 PM
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MisterBones
MisterBones - 10/22/2024, 10:37 PM
Makes sense
PapaBear562
PapaBear562 - 10/22/2024, 10:38 PM
One thing I would like to know is if the show will have the same intro music as the original series. Let's face it, it was perfect. I hope so see/hear it again.
HOTSHOT
HOTSHOT - 10/23/2024, 2:14 AM
@PapaBear562 - Apparently the music for this show is being handled by the composers for X-Men '97. However, they've already brought back the Daredevil theme before, so my guess is that while the score will be mostly new, we will hear that familiar theme occassionally.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 10/22/2024, 10:57 PM
I do hope that it has that same gritty feel as the Netflix series. It will be interesting how Marvel filmed New York this time around. Will it still be the vibrant feel of Hawkeye or the gritty and violent feel of the Netflix series.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 10/23/2024, 2:16 AM
@SonOfAGif - you want Agatha to show up in Blade????????
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 10/23/2024, 2:44 AM
@McMurdo - Yes. I think it would help with the supernatural world building leading to the Midnight Sons battling Lilith. Especially if Dracula is in need of a witch to help release Lilith.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 10/23/2024, 4:51 PM
@SonOfAGif - I don't think anyone wants Agatha in our Blade film.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 10/23/2024, 7:29 PM
@McMurdo - I literally expressed that I would want Agatha in Blade and here you go with "I don't think anyone wants Agatha in our Blade film" go gaslight someone else.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 10/24/2024, 1:27 PM
@SonOfAGif - obviously I'm implying outside of yourself considering I was responding to that very comment. I don't say this callously I'm just saying I get you are saying you want this. My implication was the wider audience. Sorry if it came out in a disrespectful way brother. Wasn't implying your opinion was not relevant
AllsGood
AllsGood - 10/22/2024, 11:37 PM
OFF TOPIC

Mahershala Ali's Blade Reboot Removed from Marvel's Release Slate

Marvel continues to have production troubles regarding some of its upcoming projects. The reboot of the vampire killer Blade, starring Mahershala Ali, has been removed from its November 7th, 2025, release date.

No reasons have been given as to why the delay was made, and no new date has been assigned. However, the dates of February 18th, May 5th, and November 10th of 2028 have been added, indicating that one of those dates may be the new date.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 10/23/2024, 1:24 AM
@AllsGood - At this point I think they should make it a TV-MA Disney+ series. Have Agatha Harknass cameo and have Deacon Frost as Season one's villain with it building up to Midnight Sons.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 10/23/2024, 12:19 AM
Cox is basically telling us how bad the writing is without saying how bad the writing is.

Marvel is bankrupt creatively.
HOTSHOT
HOTSHOT - 10/23/2024, 2:12 AM
@vectorsigma - As someone who's open to the possibility that this show might suck (like most of the other Disney+ properties), what about Charlie's words here translates to "the writing is bad"?
CerealKiller1
CerealKiller1 - 10/23/2024, 3:13 AM
@HOTSHOT - I wouldn’t waste your time trying to get a logical response from him. This guy crawls out of his hole every so often to bitch about Marvel regardless of whether it makes sense. Used to think he was a troll but recently realised he’s just a really sad person
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 10/23/2024, 4:49 AM
@HOTSHOT - imagine spiderman not having that much scenes with green goblin/norman osborne. Or any hero-villain combo.

vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 10/23/2024, 4:51 AM
@CerealKiller1 - sad person... i heard that before. Right @Urobrodi ???

You guys seem to know a lot about me.

Lolz.
HOTSHOT
HOTSHOT - 10/23/2024, 9:03 AM
@vectorsigma - But Matt didn't share many scenes with Fisk in the original series too. Was that bad writing?
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 10/23/2024, 10:35 AM
@HOTSHOT - i cant remember much from the original series but most involve their origin stories and Kingpin was not the only villain then. Also, it was more grounded.

Now that DD is within the MCU, and using almost the same origin story (im assuming) theyare full on DD and Kingpin. To make them have some "truce" doesnt sound enticing to me it being marketed as a DD and Kingpin show.

I could be wrong but the additional fact that this has faced a lot of production issues to the point of reshooting the whole series from scratch (after finishing the first script ive heard), doesnt give out much confidence.

HOTSHOT
HOTSHOT - 10/23/2024, 10:58 AM
@vectorsigma - But DD was already in the MCU in that show. This season continues Season 3's plot which ended with a truce between them. And Kingpin isn't the only villain in this show either, since we've got Muse.


Yeah the reshoots sound troubling until you realize: They'd only shot 3.5 of the 9 eps by then, and even those still had good things (the leaks suggested the main issue was the pacing). Then they brought in a Netflix Marvel writer for the overhaul.

I'm cautious but hopeful about this show.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 10/23/2024, 1:58 PM
@HOTSHOT - i dont think it was part if the MCU back then. It was made to be canon to the mcu just recently.

Lets wait and see then. Id like this to be good like the netflix one butnwouldve hoped thst truce will not hurt the story
HOTSHOT
HOTSHOT - 10/24/2024, 2:44 AM
@vectorsigma - While we got official confirmation lately that the show is STILL part of the MCU, it was produced as part of the MCU according to Kevin Fiege back in 2015 and 2016.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 10/23/2024, 1:22 AM
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HOTSHOT
HOTSHOT - 10/23/2024, 2:11 AM
That's good. It's consistent with the previous show and also makes their actual moments together more dramatic.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 10/23/2024, 5:23 AM
I'm getting Heat vibes from that scene they have in the diner together.

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