Many puzzled if Disney’s Daredevil: Born Once more may recapture the gritty fringe of the unique Netflix collection. When it premiered on the 2025 TV schedule for these with a Disney+ subscription, it stunned many, rising because the most violent present on the platform and incomes reward from each critics and followers. Charlie Cox says the already greenlit Season 2 will increase the bar even larger. And I like that the longtime “Man With out Worry” is genuinely enthusiastic about the place the present is heading.
In an interview with The Playlist, Cox clarified he isn’t simply providing generic promo speak concerning the upcoming Marvel TV present. He is genuinely thrilled with how the nine-episode Season 2 is coming collectively, explaining:
I don’t wish to oversell it. I do occur to assume it’s among the greatest writing we’ve ever had on this present. I’m certain everybody at all times says that. I texted the showrunner, Dario, the opposite day and was like, ‘Clearly we’re nonetheless midway by taking pictures it, however enormous, enormous credit score to what you’ve pieced collectively right here.’ He’s carried out one thing which I’m actually enthusiastic about, which is that he’s fleshed out characters that within the earlier iteration of the present typically get left behind. So, it feels rather more like an ensemble than it’s ever felt.
And that shift is extra than simply aesthetic; it instantly adjustments how Matt Murdock operates within the story. The Principle of Every little thing actor, clearly energized by the change, defined:
And what I like about that’s, one, I simply assume there’s extra for an viewers to speculate into, but in addition it additionally makes my journey extra attention-grabbing, I believe as a result of the extra which you can stay a thriller as Daredevils Matt Murdorck, the extra which you can type of be skirting the sides in a story, the extra that I believe that infuses the present with a way of mysticism and pleasure and feeling on edge and uncertain of what he’s considering and the place he’s going to go.
For Cox, some of the thrilling shifts this time is the expanded give attention to Born Once more’s broader solid.
The unique Daredevil collection typically revolved virtually fully round Matt Murdock. Nevertheless, the actor shared that this Disney+ continuation is leaning into its ensemble. He continued:
When you have got an excessive amount of Daredevil, Matt Murdock materials, you’re telegraphing on a regular basis what he’s considering, the place he’s going. So, what I’m actually enthusiastic about this present is that he’s barely extra within the periphery, and also you’re simply watching him virtually like a chess sport, making an attempt to determine what the subsequent transfer is.
This angle is probably going born out of hard-won expertise. The primary season of Born Once more had a famously troubled manufacturing historical past. Marvel initially aimed to launch a clean-slate, MCU-friendly model of the Satan of Hell’s Kitchen with a brand new tone, a brand new vibe. Nevertheless, Cox and co-star Vincent D’Onofrio (Kingpin) helped “appropriate course” on the present. They felt one thing was off.
Then got here the WGA and SAG strikes, which compelled a pause and supplied an surprising alternative. Because the Stardust veteran places it:
The strike… ended up being such a present for us. It gave the producers the chance to have a look at what we had and go, ‘We even have time and the power to pivot right here.’
Pivot they did. A brand new pilot, a brand new finale, and a retooled storyline gave the collection a second life. Cox calls it a “Frankenstein-ed” season, however in a great way. And with a tighter, extra serialized construction paying homage to the unique Netflix run and a darker tone extra aligned with what followers liked, the Boardwalk Empire alum believes the present has discovered its footing once more.
So, yeah, it is sensible why he is so excited for Season 2, particularly when in comparison with different seasons.
Cox remains to be deep into filming the second season in New York, however he already has the finale script in his inbox. And although he hasn’t learn it but, he is aware of one factor for certain: this model of Daredevil is a return to type, which is one thing all of us MCU followers can get excited for.