There will be some familiar faces joining Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock in the Disney+ seriesDaredevil: Born Again, but it’s looking like two of his closest pals from the previousDaredevilseries will not be among them. What’s known about the new show is that Vincent D’Onofrio will return as Wilson Fisk, aka Kingpin, after both actors had already popped up in the MCU. Matt Murdock had a surprise cameo inSpider-Man: No Way Homewhile Kingpin appeared inHawkeye, and word is both will also appear in the upcoming seriesEcho.
On Tuesday, a new report byTHRdivulged some new casting information related toDaredevil: Born Again. The report reveals that Jon Bernthal is set to reprise his role as Frank Castle fromThe Punisher, a character who was first introduced inDaredevil.That’s exciting news for fans ofThe Defenders, but the same report also reveals thatDaredevilstarsElden HensonandDeborah Ann Wollare not expected to reprise their respective roles as Foggy Nelson and Karen Page.
It’s not clear at this time if the Foggy and Karen characters will be totally absent fromDaredevil: Born Again, thus explaining why Henson and Woll wouldn’t be coming back, or if the roles will be recast with new incarnations of the two. Because the multiverse has been well established in the MCU, it wouldn’t be too strange to see certain actors like Cox, D’Onofrio, and Bernthal returning as theirDaredevilcharacters while other key roles are getting recast. Cox has previously suggested that evenhe didn’t know for sureat the time when he signed on, as the show was still getting written and that information has all been kept very private.
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Foggy Nelson and Karen Page Get Left Out
If it were up to Cox, Henson and Woll would both be coming back. He has previously spoken about how he would love to work with the originalDaredevilcast members again, and while he was thinking that the new series may serve as a soft reboot unconnected to the priorDaredevilshow, he was still hopeful to get the whole gang back together forBorn Again.
“It was an absolute delight to work with everyone on all of those shows at Netflix," he told Variety last year. “They were the beating heart of all of those shows. I would be honored and thrilled to work with any of them again.”
He added, “There areso many great stories to tell.There are stories to tell again. That wouldn’t be inconsistent with what they do in the comic book universe. Often a new writer and artist will take over a book and they will start from beginning. So maybe we’ll be doing that, but I genuinely don’t know. I’m just thrilled that I’ve been invited to the party.”
Daredevil: Born Againwill consist of a whopping 18 episodes, much higher than the average MCU show on Disney+. Because of that, the series will be filming all year and is expected to arrive sometime in 2024.
