“Daredevil” star Vincent D’Onofrio, who plays Wilson Fisk/Kingpin in the series, has responded to today’s news about the overhaul of the Marvel Studios series “Daredevil: Born Again”.
As previously reported, this Disney+ reboot of the Netflix series had shot several episodes before being shut down by the actor’s strike. Then in September, the showrunners and directors for the remainder of the season were let go as the show is set to undergo a major creative overhaul – effectively starting over.
A Twitter user brought up an old tweet from D’Onofrio from back in April in which the actor spoke about the cast, crew and some of the work they were doing. The user then added that the actor’s tweet had “aged poorly”.
D’Onofrio challenged the user on his flippancy, saying in a tweet: “we are going to bring forward the best series we can. One we can be proud of”. He then offered his own take on the situation:
“Every cool project I’ve been involved with has evolved constantly during pre- production, production and post. It’s just reported on these days as if it’s big news. It’s not. It’s simple a bunch of creatives doing their best to get it right. It’s a constant in this business. I wouldn’t have it any other way. Frankly I’d be worried if we were settling for less.”
D’Onofrio and Charlie Cox reprise their roles in the series which has an eighteen-episode order. With the overhaul, it’s not clear when the show will resume filming and when it might debut now.
