Daredevil: Born Again, an upcoming addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is all set to conquer Phase Five of the MCU and arrive on Disney+ starting March 1, 2025.
The cast of the show recently sat with Rotten Tomatoes for an interview. Vincent D’Onofrio, who is reprising his role as Wilson Fisk, also known as The Kingpin, hinted at a 'deeper' tone.
Daredevil: Born Again will be a continuation of Daredevil (2015-18). With Kevin Feige and Rudd Simmons among others on board, the show is set to have 18 episodes, which will be divided into two sets of nine each.
Everything the Daredevil: Born Again cast revealed
In an interview with Rotten Tomatoes, uploaded on the Rotten Tomatoes TV YouTube channel on August 10, 2024, the Daredevil: Born Again cast talked about the upcoming Marvel addition.
Alongside interviewer Nikki Novak, the interview consisted of the Daredevil: Born Cast, including Charlie Cox aka Daredevil, Vincent D’Onofrio aka Kingpin, Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Elden Henson and Jon Bernthal.
The interviewer asked:
"There are such die-hard fans for this … how much of the original is going to be ...the same and how much is gonna change...."
Vincent D’Onofrio replied:
"There are some things we can say and something we can’t alright ….. the tone will be very similar and at time even deeper …”
Charlie Cox talked about his new costume:
“I have a new costume …it’s all over the internet …. it’s highly anticipated…”
Cox added:
"We finished shooting. … We have honored the dark tone of the original show, and that is very exciting and important to us. ... It feels like it is one of the things that makes the character work so well....”
When asked about the one epic fight scene, Vincent D’Onofrio said:
"I think that there is a scene in the movie where you fight ... that’s extremely cool. ... There are some things in this show that we go much further with than we did it in the original show.”
What to expect from Daredevil: Born Again?
The original Daredevil show that aired on Netflix in 2015 featured the same cast that's in Daredevil: Born Again under Marvel Studios Banner. The rights for the original show moved from Netflix to Marvel in 2022 after the license for the series ended, and Disney regained the rights to the show.
After the 2024’s D23 announcements Daredevil: Born Again will be a fresh addition to Marvel fans as they finally get to see the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen getting his hands dirty and fighting crime in the streets of New York, not shying away from spilling gore and showing hand-to-hand combat.
Daredevil actor Charlie Cox made his Marvel Studios Debut in Spider-Man No Way Home, where the cameos made fans go gaga over the star reprising his role. Vincent D’Onofrio playing Kingpin has been featured in Marvel’s Hawkeye and Echo and is set up to be the next big bad for the Marvel heroes at a street level. Jon Bernthal reprises his earlier role and joins Daredevil in the first season as The Punisher.
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