TV SERIES · 2025– · USA
Daredevil: Born Again
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39 Interesting Facts About Daredevil: Born Again
Interesting Facts (29)
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Sandrine Holt was initially set to replace original Netflix Daredevil (2015) cast member Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Fisk in this series. However, along with the final creative overhaul, fan criticism of the recasting led to Zurer returning to the role. This was not officially confirmed until set photos depicting Zurer were released.
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The series features a new original character, Daniel Blake, a young man who is a big fan of Wilson Fisk and part of his mayoral staff. Daniel Blake is played by Michael Gandolfini; his late father, James Gandolfini, was considered to play Wilson Fisk/Kingpin in the film trilogy proposed to 20th Century Fox by Joe Carnahan in 2012.
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In October 2023, it was reported that Marvel Studios had removed head writers Matt Corman and Chris Ord from the production along with some series directors. On October 29, it was reported that Dario Scardapane, a writer on Netflix's The Punisher (2017), had been hired as showrunner. This was the first time Marvel Studios reused a staff member from an older Marvel Television production. Directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, who had previously worked on Moon Knight (2022) and the second season of Loki (2021), were hired to direct the remaining episodes.
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The series features a new character, BB Urich, a journalist and host of the 'BB Report' played by Genneya Walton. BB is the niece of Ben Urich, the New York Bulletin reporter played by Vondie Curtis-Hall in Season 1 of the original Netflix Daredevil (2015), who was killed by Wilson Fisk in the episode The Ones We Leave Behind (2015).
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Jon Bernthal (Frank Castle/The Punisher) has received a great deal of praise over the years from fans of The Punisher comics and especially from members of the military for his incredibly layered and accurate portrayal of Frank Castle as both a comic book character and a USMC war veteran. He has said many times that he understands whom Frank represents and why it is so important to get the portrayal right. However, he firmly believes that violence and aggression are uncompromising aspects that must always be present in the character, and he has stated that if they try to soften that violence, he will refuse to play the role again.
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The "Mayor Fisk" story this series adapts comes from Charles Soule's run on the Daredevil comics, in which Wilson Fisk runs independently for Mayor and gains public support after Hydra's takeover of the city in the "Secret Empire" story. Fisk wins, certain he cheated in the vote, and promises to rein in the city's lawbreakers. Matt Murdock also served as Deputy Mayor for a time, and Fisk then banned vigilantism entirely in the follow-up 'Devil's Reign' story.
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In this series Wilson Fisk is depicted with a scar around his left eye. This comes from the gunshot Fisk received from Maya Lopez/Echo in the finale of Hawkeye (2021), So This Is Christmas? (2021). In Echo (2023), part of Fisk's recovery is shown to involve receiving a cybernetic implant that lets him see through augmented-reality arms and hands in order to communicate with deaf people. Also in "Echo", Maya Lopez defeats Fisk by using her ancestors' power to bring him back mentally to a childhood memory of his father abusing his mother. In this series Fisk claims he woke up with two signs of what he is and what he could be: his love for Vanessa and the possibility of running New York City without crime.
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The series introduces Police Chief Phil Gallo, played by Michael Gaston. The Netflix Daredevil (2015) series' Please (2018) episode featured the previous Police Commissioner, Chris DiMolina, who hated Wilson Fisk and held him responsible for the deaths of police officers. The new commissioner, Gallo, appears to have inherited this contempt for Fisk.
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Cole North, played by Jeremy Isaiah Earl, appears in this series, marking the character's first appearance outside the comics. North first appeared in Daredevil (vol. 6) #1 at the start of Chip Zdarsky's run. While the comic book version is generally a reluctant ally of Daredevil who later leaves the NYPD over corruption, this version is depicted as a member of Wilson Fisk's Anti-Vigilante Task Force (AVTF), which killed White Tiger.
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The series introduces the Anti-Vigilante Task Force, also known by the abbreviation AVTF, Mayor Wilson Fisk's taxpayer-funded private militia made up of corrupt NYPD officers who are allowed to use excessive force without needing any warrant or body cameras. It was created under the official demand to capture vigilantes in New York City. Many of these corrupt officers idolize the Punisher/Frank Castle and use a version of the Punisher's iconography, using the Blue Lives Matter flag logo on the skull.
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Marvel's Daredevil: Born Again has been cancelled. According to the source, this cancellation is seen as a consequence of Marvel having waited far too long to bring the Defenders team back to the MCU. Although the Defenders have finally returned, Daredevil: Born Again is taking its final bow.
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Arka Evren Note: Sandrine Holt was initially set to replace original Netflix Daredevil (2015) cast member Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Fisk in this series. However, alongside the final creative overhaul, fan criticism of the recasting led to Zurer returning to the role. This was not officially confirmed until set photos depicting Zurer were released. More about Daredevil: Born Again
Production Story (1)
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D. A. Benjamin Hochberg appears in the series as the New York City District Attorney. This series marks D. A. Hochberg's first appearance outside the comics as a supporting character; he was first introduced in 2015 in "Daredevil" (vol. 5) issue #2, where he was an ally of Matt Murdock in the prosecutor's office and eventually learned Daredevil's secret identity. Hochberg is the third D. A. shown in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, after Samantha Reyes, played by Michelle Hurd in Season 2 of the original Netflix Daredevil (2015) series, and Blake Tower, played by Stephen Rider in Season 3 of the Netflix show, whom Foggy Nelson opposed and eventually supported. John Benjamin Hickey plays the D. A. In this series Hochberg also plays Jeri Hogarth's enemy and businessman Peter Lyonne in Season 3 of Jessica Jones (2015).
Behind the Scenes (2)
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In this series, Bullseye/Benjamin Poindexter wears a costume resembling his iconic dark blue comic book costume for the first time. The costume seen here has several changes, such as the absence of white accents on the boots, collar, mask or gloves and a mouth-covering mask, but the target point is on the back of the gloves instead of the forehead.
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Characters & Cast (4)
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The series was conceived as an episodic reboot of the original Netflix Daredevil (2015) with a relatively lighter tone. However, the show's creative overhaul and the return of original Netflix cast members who had not previously appeared in the series confirmed that it would be a serialized continuation of the Netflix storyline.
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It was not initially confirmed that Deborah Ann Woll and Elden Henson, who played Karen Page and Foggy Nelson respectively in the Netflix series Daredevil (2015), would be part of this series; Woll claimed on Twitter that Marvel had not contacted her in any way. After the creative overhaul, both were ready to reprise their roles, as was Wilson Bethel as the villain Benjamin "Bullseye" Poindexter.
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Kristen McDuffie, played by Nikki M. James, is a former New York assistant district attorney and Matt Murdock's new legal partner at the firm Murdock & McDuffie. The series marks Kristen McDuffie's first appearance outside the comics, where she was a district attorney who founded a law firm with Matt Murdock in San Francisco; after the Purple Children's earlier actions to expose Matt's secret identity caused problems, she erased all knowledge of the Daredevil identity worldwide to give him a fresh start, and their relationship had turned romantic before the Purple Children, but Matt chose to leave her without explaining why, though he later returned during Chip Zdarsky's run.
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Deeper Meaning (1)
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Jon Bernthal initially refused to return as Frank Castle because he objected to the writers' plans for the character. After filming was halted by the strike, the series was reworked with Dario Scardapane as showrunner. Bernthal and Scardapane had worked together on The Punisher (2017), and Scardapane persuaded Bernthal to return. Bernthal said, "They really brought me into the conversation. We really got clear on where Frank is psychologically and where Frank is physically."
Life & Family (2)
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Heather Glenn, played by Margarita Levieva, appears in this series as Matt Murdock's therapist, author and girlfriend. The character first appeared in "Daredevil" (vol. 1) #126 (1975) as a fun-loving, wealthy socialite and a significant story character of the time; before Frank Miller had her commit suicide, Heather's life fell apart when she became an alcoholic, lost her father and the family company, and left Matt after a failed engagement (partly because Matt's relationship with her had become so toxic due to the secret actions Foggy and Black Widow witnessed). Heather Glenn's appearance in this series marks the character's first physical appearance outside the comics. She had previously appeared only vocally in Daredevil (2003), and the voice was provided by an uncredited actor.
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Angela Del Toro makes her live-action debut, played by Camila Rodriguez. In this series Angela is Hector Ayala's young niece. In the comics Hector has two sisters, Ava Ayala and Awilda Ayala Del Toro, and Angela is Awilda's daughter. Angela Del Toro was introduced in 2004 in Brian Michael Bendis's "Daredevil" comics as Hector's niece, an FBI agent who took on the power of the White Tiger after her uncle was wrongly accused of murder and became the fourth White Tiger. Angela Del Toro had been mentioned in the Jessica Jones (2015) episode A.K.A. You're a Winner! (2015). When Luke Cage tells Jessica Jones he wants to hire her, Jessica tries to redirect him to Angela Del Toro. However, this is probably not the same person as the Angela Del Toro who first appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) as a youth, implied to be an adult as described by the investigator Jessica Jones.
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