Charlie Cox Teases More One-Take Fight Scenes in DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN
The one-take fight scene in the first season of Daredevil still stands as one of the best fight sequences in any Marvel project. They’ve attempted to reach the bar of that first fight scene, but every time they’ve tried, they don’t quite hit that wow factor.
During a recent panel at the Fan Expo Boston, Charlie Cox talked about how the Daredevil production crew creates these one-take fight scenes, and he teased Daredevil: Born Again saying: "Those who are excited by [oners] will not be disappointed."
Cox explained: "There's different types of owners. A oner is a fight scene that takes place in one shot, without [cuts.] So there's things called a true owner.
“So a true oner is when it really is one take and there's no editing, there's no cuts, there's no morphing, which is when you move the camera past something that is a solid color, and then you can technically then cut during the black of that.
“So, if the camera moves past someone's black shirt, there's a moment during that where the whole screen is black, and you can then stitch a different take after that. So it looks like it's a oner, but it's actually not."
I would love nothing more than to see another brutal badass action scene in the upcoming Daredevil series. They are certainly going to try again to reach that bar, and hopefully this time, they will hit it!
The new series is reportedly inspired by the Devil's Reign storyline, which explores the power dynamics between Kingpin and the vigilantes who stand up against him. The story revolves around the power struggle between Daredevil and Wilson Fisk, who becomes the Mayor of New York City.
In this arc, Kingpin uses his newfound political influence to launch a crackdown on vigilantes, making their activities illegal. This leads to a fierce confrontation between Daredevil and Kingpin, with the latter using all his resources to hunt down and eliminate Daredevil and his allies.
Vincent D'Onofrio previously talked about the project saying: "During our restart of all the creative on Daredevil: Born Again, all the creatives got together and said, 'Look, this is how we've got to do it now. So we are for sure only speaking about it in terms of being directly connected to the original Daredevil, and that's a great thing.”
He continues: “It brings in a lot of cool stories and all the collateral story that happened in those original three seasons. So we now get to start this Born Again situation with all of that history behind us and the outcome of all that history. So we're all talking about Daredevil: Born Again in those terms now."
The actor recently said in an interview with CB: "I think it's definitely a new show. It's not the Netflix show. It's definitely a new show. I mean, all I can say is that Charlie [Cox] and I are not bored.
“We are having a great time. We have a great cast, and I think everybody else is having a great time too. Charlie's one of my favorite people, and I know that he comes here every day ready to knock it out of the park and you know how I am, I'm totally into this part, so I'm there for the same reason."
"We're really just delivering. It's a lot of work. Charlie's amazing because he has to do all the stunts and stuff, so he's in constant training and learning different things. But the scenes are great. I'm trying to skirt around specifics, but I can only say that it is a different show and it feels like a different show."
The series also stars Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle / The Punisher, Vanessa Fisk, Michael Gandolfini, Margarita Levieva, Nikki M. James, Michael Gaston, Arty Froushan, and Clark Johnson in undisclosed roles. Deborah Ann Woll and Elden Henson will also reprise their roles of Karen Page and Foggy Nelson. Wilson Bethel is reprising his role as Benjamin Poindexter, aka Bullseye.
Daredevil: Born Again is currently being developed by directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, who worked on both Moon Knight and Loki.
Source: Collider