We expected this, but it made the final few moments of today's Hawkeye no less mind-blowing! Vincent D'Onofrio's Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. the Kingpin of Crime, has made his MCU debut after being revealed as an ally of Eleanor Bishop (it turns out she hired Yelena Belova to kill Clint Barton).
Clint refers to Fisk as "Kingpin" and it's made clear on several occasions that he doesn't want to get on the big man's radar. This version of the villain is clearly a major threat, and while we only see him in a photograph, it seems a few key changes have been made by Marvel Studios. He appears to be a little bigger, and has both his comic book accurate necktie and cane. Awesome, right?
Hawkeye has also laid the groundwork for that Echo TV series; after a clash with Ronin, Maya Lopez learns that someone who works for her "boss" (Kingpin) tipped him off about where her father would be that night. It's looking increasingly like that was Kazi, and the stage is potentially being set for Echo to take aim at Fisk in her own show...hopefully with some backup from the Man Without Fear!
Time will tell on that front, but fingers crossed we actually get to see the villain in action next week.
Check out this first look at Kingpin in the MCU below:
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