DAREDEVIL Stuntman Slams Character's MCU Return in SHE-HULK Series - "They Turned Daredevil into a Cartoon"
When Charlie Cox’s Daredevil made his return to the MCU in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, it was met with mixed reactions from fans. This version of the character was different than the one in the Netflix series and he had a much lighter tone. One person that wasn’t happy with how Daredevil was portrayed in the series was series stuntman Chris Brewer, who criticized it saying that they turned Daredevil into a cartoon. On a recent episode of Izuko Unscripted, he said:
"I think that, now that the MCU has taken over the character, I think they are really, really hurting it. If you watch She-Hulk, they turned Daredevil into a cartoon. It's all animated and it looks bad."
Brewster then went on to compare the work done with the character on the Netflix series and points out the Netflix series was virtually all practical versus the use of CGI and digi-doubles in She-Hulk:
"You know, I love CG to enhance real movement, but if you don't have any real movement, it just becomes a cartoon. It's just CG and there's no weight to it, and what always made the action on Daredevil so good is it was visceral. You felt what Charlie was feeling, between his performance and being in there, in the action."
Brewster was actually one of the main guys behind Daredevil's incredibly insane one-take fight sequences in the Netflix shows, which is something She-Hulk poked fun at. Brewer went on to say:
"And anything that you saw, we really did. We had to put somebody on a wire, we needed something to enhance the movement. But it wasn't a cartoon. It was live-action. And you will never match the energy that live-action has. So, I think that She-Hulk was a massive step-down as far as the movement goes and the action."
You really can’t argue with that, but unfortunately, CGI fight sequences are what Marvel does. Hopefully with the upcoming Daredevil: Born Again series, Marvel goes back to the tone of the original series and actually incorporates some real heavy-duty practical fight sequences.
When previously talking about the tone of the series, he said that he thinks it will be like an old-school procedural:
“I’m fascinated to discover why they’ve chosen to do 18. I’m imagining there’s going to be an element to it that is like the old-school procedural show. Not necessarily case-of-the-week, but something where we go really deep into Matt Murdock the lawyer and get to see what his life is like. If that’s done right and he really gets his hands dirty with that world… I think there’s something quite interesting about that.”
Cox went on to say that he believes the new show will be dark but not gory, saying:
“My opinion is this character works best when he’s geared towards a slightly more mature audience. My instinct is that on Disney+ it will be dark but it probably won’t be as gory. I would say to [people hoping the Disney+ show copies the Netflix show], we’ve done that. Let’s take the things that really worked, but can we broaden? Can we appeal to a slightly younger audience without losing what we’ve learned about what works?”
The series is being written and executive produced by Covert Affairs creators Matt Corman and Chris Ord. The 18-episode season of Daredevil: Born Again is slated to premiere sometime in 2024.