HAWKEYE: Kevin Feige And More Explain What Brought DAREDEVIL's Kingpin Of Crime Into The MCU

HAWKEYE: Kevin Feige And More Explain What Brought DAREDEVIL's Kingpin Of Crime Into The MCU

In the Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye special that premiered on Disney+ yesterday, Kevin Feige, Brad Winderbaum, Vincent D'Onofrio, and more all shared their thoughts on bringing Kingpin into the MCU.

By JoshWilding - Feb 10, 2022 05:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Hawkeye

Marvel Studios released Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye on Disney+ yesterday, and a decent chunk of the hourlong documentary is devoted to Vincent D'Onofrio's Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as Wilson Fisk. We don't get any real hints about what the future might hold in store for the Kingpin of Crime, though the comic panel with Echo shooting the villain is shown (and if you're familiar with that story, you'll know Fisk is blinded, and not killed, by Maya Lopez). 

The special does elaborate on what led to The Kingpin's return following his role in Daredevil, though, with executive producer Brad Winderbaum explaining that they needed "someone powerful" to "make Eleanor Bishop shake in her boots and Hawkeye, you know, get a little bit afraid."

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige elaborated, stating "When you talk about organized crime in the Marvel Universe and you talk about the seedy underbelly of New York City, there is one primary character that comes to mind." Producer Trinh Tran revealed everyone's shocked reaction to Feige's suggestion that they bring D'Onofrio back, confirming he was the one to reach out to the actor.

On that point, the Daredevil alum recalls, "He said 'I want to bring you into the MCU' and I’m not gonna say no to that. That’s pretty awesome!"

It was amazing to see The Kingpin again, and while some fans were disappointed that his story seemed to end so abruptly, common sense says we'll see him return in the Echo series coming to Disney+. D'Onofrio and the character are too good to put back on the shelf, so we're sure Feige has something planned.

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TheManWithoutFear
TheManWithoutFear - 2/10/2022, 5:54 AM
"Kevin Feige and more" does not sound right. Perhaps "Kevin Feige and others"?
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 2/10/2022, 5:56 AM
So this site aint saying Sh#t about last night's Boba huh?

Mugens
Mugens - 2/10/2022, 5:59 AM
@DarthOmega - Give them time. I'm sure they will sooner or later.
Jwreck
Jwreck - 2/10/2022, 6:20 AM
@DarthOmega - it seems like they added another site like the anime, cartoon, and wrestling sites. I saw the boba fett articles on the sci-fi site, there's also a "horror" site.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 2/10/2022, 6:25 AM
@Jwreck - that explains a lot. Don't see why Star Wars isn't on here either though, given that has tons of comics too
Kyos
Kyos - 2/10/2022, 7:20 AM
@Jwreck - Leave it to CBM to launch multiple new sister sites without regulars even noticing. I mean, I'm afraid I'll ignore them either way, but maybe a little announcement wouldn't hurt?! 🤷🏻‍♂️
RolandD
RolandD - 2/10/2022, 11:59 AM
@DarthOmega - You know Wilding is going to do around three articles on any decent topic. That doesn’t even include any by Goldstone or Parker.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 2/10/2022, 1:01 PM
@DarthOmega - A spoiler gif?? Did that actually happen or is that like a fan video?
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 2/10/2022, 11:02 PM
@Nightwing1015 - Nah, man. I don't think Mando would speed off while Grogu is sucked into the vacuum of space. A guy made this. I thought it was pretty seamless.
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 2/10/2022, 11:02 PM
@RolandD - I'm just shocked there is nothing on the main page
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 2/10/2022, 11:03 PM
@Jwreck - I have been to some of those sites back in the day... It appears I was the only one. I never see comments there.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 2/11/2022, 8:46 AM
@DarthOmega - Haha fair enough
connorblaze
connorblaze - 2/10/2022, 6:08 AM
They should have saved his return for a role in a story where he wasn’t just there to be there. This just confirms there was no reason for him to be in that storyline besides ‘what about _____’? He’s such an awesome villain and his return was anticlimactic, surrounded by characters he had no connection to. Not the one we know. And that’s who we wanna see. I am curious to see where they take him though, I understand it’s tough to continue the story of the Netflix one because he did get beat by DD twice, and it kinda felt like his story was over and had no way to go besides yet another ‘climbing out of the gutter to prominence’ story. I wanna see Spidey take on villains set in motion by Fisk, with a side story of Daredevil hunting down Fisk himself. That’d be cool. Or a netflix series with DD and Punisher again.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 2/10/2022, 6:28 AM
Him first showing up in an image really made him feel less threatening. His finale appearance was fine, but I kinda wish they kept him in the shadows a bit more.

I said before, but if he shows in Spider-Man 4 I want a muscle working for him. Him coming out to do the dirty work himself makes him less threatening. Just have Scorpion mop up anything that doesn't require his attention (like Spider-Man at first).
AC1
AC1 - 2/10/2022, 6:44 AM
I loved the Hawkeye series, but thinking back on the finale I honestly don't think Kingpin needed to be so actively involved at the end - it would've been more impactful in a way for him to just be in the background, pulling the strings, and basically just be watching events unfold from his penthouse.

In fact, saving the reveal that he was the big bad behind Eleanor for the actual finale after she'd been arrested, the Tracksuits had been defeated, Echo had gone solo and was preparing to come after him, etc. would've been a way more exciting tease for the future of these characters, rather than ending it with Echo shooting him in what was either an obvious fake out or arguably the worst storytelling decision Marvel has ever made.
Unites
Unites - 2/10/2022, 7:09 AM
@AC1 - Couldn't agree more. He should have been the big after credits scene tease at the end of the series. His involvement was kinda lackluster and they should have given his screen time to Eleanor and the other characters.
ElricReturns
ElricReturns - 2/10/2022, 10:59 AM
Disney, both Marvel and Star Wars, has been doing something lately I don't like. They include a thing because they can do a thing, not because they should do the thing or it serves a grander purpose.

Both Kingpin and Cad Bane showed up because they could, and immediately "killed off". Why?

Did anyone in charge think fans wanted to see Kingpin return to get smacked around by 3 girl power icons then "shot in the face"? Raise your hand if you think that was the best possible way the MCU could utilize... MOTHER [frick]ING VINNY D... COMING BACK.... AS MOTHER [frick]ING KINGPIN!!!

Or Cad Bane, one of the baddest mother [frick]ers in all of Star Wars, a slick Character who could lead movies himself, finally appearing in live action and HOLY HELL HE LOOKS AMAZING and is finally getting the attention he deser....... oh wait what... you had Boba Fett kill him.... wasn't Bobas entire arc about ruling with respect now, and having changed in his old age? He literally said so to Cad earlier in the episode... ok so... so Boba kills Cad.... Cads dead now....... why? I don't like this. I didn't need this. Not only does this moment invalidate Bobas minimal arc on this show, now Cad Bane is dead..... and it wasn't even a particularly epic or iconic exchange as it could or should have been.

It's like they make choices just because, not because it serves a narrative purpose. We can do this, so let's do this.
Lokiwasright
Lokiwasright - 2/10/2022, 9:06 PM
1.Money: to sell Disney Plus subs.

2. Fan service: to sell Disney Plus subs.
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