Despite making some questionable creative decisions over the course of its three seasons on Netflix, Daredevil was embraced by fans. A big part of that was down to what Charlie Cox brought to the table as the Man Without Fear, of course, though we got to see a different side of Matt Murdock in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
It was clear that Marvel Studios has increased the hero's power levels, and visual effects that Marvel Television may not have had access to helped effectively portray his skills.
Talking to GQ, Cox shared his hopes for the hero in Disney+'s Daredevil: Born Again and revealed that he'd like CGI to help depict the hero's abilities in bigger ways.
"I guess what I would say is: hopefully, on the Disney+ show, Born Again, we will be able to use - and I hope that we do it sparingly, I believe it should be used sparingly - but we’ll hopefully be able to use a tiny bit more CGI in the action sequences," the actor said. "Just to emphasize his gymnastic abilities that have been basically impossible to do."
"It really should be sparingly. I don’t believe there should be complete action sequences that are almost all computer-generated. Most of it should be stunt-coordinated and done by a stunt performer and myself or the other actors in a similar fashion to what we did before."
"We can bookend it with these little moments. With the batons particularly, we could never really do anything in our show where Daredevil ricochets a baton off a wall and takes someone out because you can’t physically do that," Cox continued. "It’s not safe and not possible...just these little moments would elevate scenes and be something that makes the show even more recognizable to the comics."
We'd say the Daredevil: Born Again star has the right idea here, and the MCU can now take this character to the next level. His last TV show did what it could, but it's easy to forget that even the very grounded protector of Hell's Kitchen has some pretty flashy superpowers we've yet to see on screen.
Very little has been revealed about the show, though we know it will pit 'ol Hornhead against Vincent D'Onofrio's Kingpin and run for a total of 18 episodes. With that in mind, it's clear Marvel Studios has ambitious plans for Matt moving forward.
Daredevil: Born Again is set to arrive on Disney+ in 2024.