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Daredevil: Born Again’s Dario Scardapane says the new MCU series will have “a lot less navel-gazing” than the Netflix series.
Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again premieres on Disney+ this coming March. The Charlie Cox-starring series is a continuation of Netflix’s Daredevil show, which ran for three seasons. It is co-created by Scardapane, who also serves as the series’ showrunner.
What did Dario Scardapane say about Daredevil: Born Again and the Netflix show?
Speaking with SFX magazine, Scardapane explained how Marvel Studios‘ Daredevil: Born Again will be different from the Netflix show.
“There is more fun in the moments with these characters and a lot less navel-gazing than before,” Scardapane commented.
He also said, “The earlier show, at its best, was fantastic. At its worst, it was two characters in a room talking about what a hero is. I felt that had been done. I’m not taking swipes. I just didn’t want to hear characters grousing about their lot in life. I wanted to see them doing things.”
Scardapane further noted that Daredvil: Born Again will be “much darker.”
He said, “I really feel that Netflix’s Daredevil, which I know in my blood, was much more noir, and this show is more New York crime story. It has elements of The Sopranos and King Of New York. There’s a feeling for those classic ’90s crime tales. It has a pace and a scope that, for a lot of reasons, Netflix wasn’t able to do. They were very dark, cinematically, not necessarily story-wise, although there were some dark elements.”
The new show also stars Vincent D’Onofrio as Wilson Fisk/Kingpin, Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Elden Henson as Franklin “Foggy” Nelson, Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Marianna-Fisk, Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/Punisher, Wilson Bethel as Benjamin “Dex” Poindexter/Bullseye, and more.
Daredevil: Born Again will premiere on Disney+ on March 4, 2025, from Marvel Television.
