Vincent D'Onofrio Says DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN Is Very Different From the Netflix Series and It Will Get a Season 2
Marvel fans are very curious about the upcoming Daredevil: Born Again series, especially about how it will compare to the Netflix series, which was freakin’ badass! Well, Vincent D'Onofrio, who is reprising his role as Wilson Fisk, recently talked about the series and what we can expect and revealed that there will be a Season 2.
He explained that the show is going to feature some "gigantic payoffs" in both its first and second seasons. D'Onofrio also added that both Cox and Jon Bernthal, who is playing The Punisher, will play "a major part of the show." He also said that is going to be very different than the Netflix show. He explained:
"We've only just started shooting. I think we're a couple weeks in, and the show is going to be very, very different than the Netflix show, and it's so exciting because what we're doing is quite something. I think it's something that people are not going to expect. But, always with these Marvel old comic stories that are being revisited and reinvented by us actors, and the writers, the main thing is to answer the fans. To give them what they want but try to be original in some way at the same time, and so that's what we're doing on the show. It's definitely an original way to look at this, and it's really deep, really emotional."
He then teased the second season saying:
"And, by the second season, there are gigantic, gigantic payoffs—in the first season, too, but I can't say much about that—but the fans are gonna really get what they want. It's really quite cool to be doing it."
It was initially announced that Daredevil: Born Again would consist of 18 episodes. Will all those episodes be presented as one season? Or, will they be separated out into two? Or, will we get a second 18-episode season? We’ll eventually find out.
I just hope that the new series is going to be different in a good way. I am happy to learn that The Punisher will have a big role to play in the series, that will make things interesting and fun!
During a previous interview, Charlie Cox offered some insight on what we can expect from his character saying:
"I don't think it's a different character. I just think it's maybe a different period of his life. I don't think my interpretation will change -- they hired the same actor. We're saying this is a whole new… era, or variant? I haven't read the scripts, so I don't know. But like, it's part of the multiverse?"
Cox also previously shared that the series will be “a whole new thing” saying:
“I think that the sense is it is a new beginning, it is going to be different, it is going to be totally different. It is going to be new stories, and new ideas. It is a Season 1, it is not Season 4, so it is a whole new thing. Which I think is the way to go. If you are going to do it again, do it differently.”
Other actors who have been cast in the series include Michael Gandolfini, Margarita Levieva, and Sandrine Holt, who will play Vanessa Fisk, the wife of Fisk. Michael Gaston (Chicago P.D., Mayor of Kingstown) is also in the show.
The series is being written and executive produced by Matt Corman and Chris Ord, and it’s expected to be released in the spring of 2024.
Source: Newsweek