15 Fun Facts About Ben Affleck's DAREDEVIL

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With the release of Marvel’s Daredevil series on Netflix, I thought I’d go back and watch the original 2003 film. Why would I subject myself to such torture? I just needed a fresh take on the movie after seeing what Marvel did with it in the new Netflix series. It was just as bad as I remembered. That movie could have been so much more, but you know what? I can’t blame Ben Affleck for its awfulness. The script, story, and direction was just terrible. After watching it, I thought I’d look into some of the film's trivia, and found out some interesting things that you probably don’t know. So here are 15 Fun Facts for Daredevil.

• Affleck was virtually blind because he had to wear heavy-duty contact lenses which apparently blocked most of his vision.
• Affleck has such a terrible experience playing Daredevil that he said he would never reprise the role because he felt, "by playing a superhero in Daredevil, I have inoculated myself from ever playing another superhero. Wearing a costume was a source of humiliation for me and something I wouldn't want to do again soon." Of course Affleck is now set to play Batman in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.
• Stan Lee didn’t like the film, because he felt it was "too tragic." I wonder what he thinks of the Netflix series!
• Affleck met his wife Jennifer Garner on the set of this film.
• In a fight scene between Daredevil and Elektra, Garner accidentally kicked Affleck so hard in the head that he briefly blacked out. It took four days to shoot this scene. Bask in the glorious awfulness of the scene below:

Matt tries to get the name of an intriguing woman, but gets a playground duel instead.

• The film was originally envisioned as R-rated with nudity and hard violence. I’m not sure that would have made it any better.
• Guy Pearce was offered the role of Matt Murdock, but turned it down because apparently comic book movies weren’t his thing. Pearce obviously changed his mind because he took on the role of Doctor Aldrich Killian in Iron Man 3.
• Affleck originally was in the running to play Bullseye, and Colin Ferrell was one of the actors who tested for Daredevil. Things obviously got switched up.
• While Jon Favreau was working on the movie, be started discussions with Marvel over what would eventually become Iron Man, which is the film that launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we know it.
• Vin Diesel was considering taking on the role of Bullseye at one point, but ended up doing Pitch Black instead, which was a very smart choice. Pitch Black was a much better film.
• When Daredevil's cane is being examined in the morgue, it's a digital creation as the real prop was delivered in the wrong color.
• Eliza Dushku, Penélope Cruz, Salma Hayek, Natalie Portman, Lucy Liu, Jessica Alba, Katie Holmes, Mía Maestro, Rhona Mitra, Jolene Blalock, and Neve Campbell were all considered for the role of Elektra. If any of them would have gotten the role would Affleck had married one of them instead? 
• "20th Century-Fox first acquired the rights to Daredevil from Marvel in 1997. Chris Columbus was initially attached to direct. The following year Marvel was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, so Fox let the option slide. Disney then expressed an interest in the character, but that didn't pan out. Mark Steven Johnson realized his life's ambition in 1999 when Marvel assigned the rights to Sony and he was hired to write the screenplay. However, the following year, Sony put the project in turnaround. It was picked up by New Regency with Fox distributing, but Johnson found himself having to re-pitch himself for the writing/directing gig."
• In the fight scene between Daredevil and Bullseye in the church, Daredevil is thrown crashing through the pipes of the church organ, and a number of bats fly out. I guess this was a precursor to the actor playing Batman.
• Michael Clarke Duncan had to be put on lifts or boxes to make him tower over everyone else in the film, particularly in his scenes with Affleck, who is 6'4".

Below you'll find the original trailer and an alternate fight scene between Elektra and Bullseye:

"Daredevil" is a 2003 Action film written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson. Starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Colin Farrell, Scott Terra and Joe Pantaliano. After being struck blind as a youth, Matt Murdock's 4 remaining senses are heightened to super human levels.

Note : I don't Own the Video, Its made purely for fun and personal viewing. Elektra Natchios died because Bullseye killed her? Are you sure? Watch This alternative fight.........this is the dedication for elektra lovers who believe she shouldn't have died in the movie like that instead could have........Watch the Video.

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