Marvel And Netflix's THE PUNISHER Casts CHRONICLES OF NARNIA's Ben Barnes As Series Regular

Marvel And Netflix's THE PUNISHER Casts CHRONICLES OF NARNIA's Ben Barnes As Series Regular

Marvel/Netflix's Daredevil spin-off has added British actor Ben Barnes in a series regular role, believed to be that of the villainous Bobby Saint. He'll join Jon Bernthal as the ultra-violent vigilante.

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By MarkCassidy - Sep 12, 2016 12:09 PM EST
Filed Under: The Punisher
TV Line has broken our first bit of casting news for Marvel and Netflix's planned Daredevil spin-off, which will continue the bloody exploits of The Punisher. According to them, Ben Barnes (Westworld, Dorian Gray, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian) has signed on to star opposite Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle.

We don't know for certain who he'll be playing, but TV Line has heard it'll be Bobby Saint, who is not actually a Marvel Comics character and was introduced in 2004's The Punisher as the son of John Travolta's Howard Saint. This seems like an unusual move, as there are lots of great Punisher villains that could be utilized ahead of a minor thug created for a 12 year-old movie.

Anyway, we'll see if this turns out to be the case. In the meantime, let us know what you think in the usual place.
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ComicBookPsycho
ComicBookPsycho - 9/12/2016, 12:10 PM
Micro?
McGee
McGee - 9/12/2016, 1:49 PM
I know Potato auditioned for the role.
keeters
keeters - 9/12/2016, 2:16 PM
@McGee - he has a void instead of genitals
ComicBookPsycho
ComicBookPsycho - 9/12/2016, 3:41 PM
@McGee - Oh, WTF? lol
BioTrek
BioTrek - 9/12/2016, 2:40 PM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 -
Davidthegreat22
Davidthegreat22 - 9/13/2016, 6:31 PM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - sucker you never read any of the chronicles of narnia books or saw those movies? smh people these days are stupid hahahaha.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 9/14/2016, 12:26 AM
@Davidthegreat22 - Saw the first one. Never was a Narnia fan, always liked Harry Potter and A Series of Unfortunate Events more.
Potato
Potato - 9/12/2016, 12:12 PM
Jigsaw?
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 9/12/2016, 1:05 PM
@Potato -

My first thought as well.
UltronPrime
UltronPrime - 9/12/2016, 12:14 PM
Just the thought of that this is happening
ScarletWarlock
ScarletWarlock - 9/12/2016, 12:15 PM
I keep forgetting we're going to get this show with Jon and the co-showrunner from season 3 of Hannibal handling things. I keep overlooking the fact that this will be the darkest, heaviest, and arguably most complex project they'll ever tackle. Hannibal's writing and understanding of anti heroes and villains, both in personality and psychologically just shows we're in for quite the treat here.

I can't even begin to imagine what we're going to get from a writing standpoint. Curious about the action though. Will it be gun heavy? Will the gun action even be any good? Will they throw in a decent amount of melee just so they don't blow the budget with fake bullets and explosions. The action front has me really excited, despite being very simple, the mixture of severe violence, Gun action, and brutal hand to hand kills, it could have the most satisfying action of all the Netflix shows if they handle it correctly.
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