Jon Bernhal initially moved away from Daredevil: born again on the direction of Punisher

Jon BernhalPunisher made his great debut in the last episode of Daredevil: born againBut his return almost did not happen. The actor recently revealed that he initially moved away Daredevil: born again Because he did not agree with the direction that the show wanted to take Frank Castle.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Bernhal explained that when Marvel approached for the first time for the series, he was not on board with their vision. He said:

“In the end, I didn’t see him. I didn’t see the version of Frank and what they wanted from Frank [didn’t] I really make sense for me and I thought it would not appeal to the fans and it would not have been congruent. It wasn’t something that I was really interested in doing. So we had to go away. “

Fortunately, that version of the show has never seen the light of the day. A creative review, taken from the Hollywood strikes, introduced The punisher alum Dario Scardapane Like the new showrunner, together with other creative key of the Netflix era. BERNTHAL CREDITS THAT CHANGE TO HAVE BROW IN THE PHILE.

“They really led me to the conversation,” he said. “We have become truly specific on where Frank is psychologically, where he is physically Frank.”

The last episode of Daredevil: born again It presents Frank Castle in a short but powerful scene with Matt Murdock, offering some of the most emotionally loaded dialogues of the show so far.

Charlie Cox I talked about how Bernhal often rewritten his jokes, sometimes without giving cox a warning. He explained:

“There has been a scene this season, and he cares so much, he puts himself inside, as they think about it, it is almost like a pain -relieving body. We had this scene and called me the night before and said some of these lines do not make sense for me where I am, I need to joke with these a little. Here is what I say, I want to say this. ‘

“He has just changed some of his jokes, he had written his things. So, I had to adapt and reappear my things, which I am perfectly doing because he is brilliant. And then we manage to put and did not say any of those, he just composed a completely new series of lines. And I was like, ok …!”

It seems to be the insistence of Bernhal in remaining faithful to Frank Castle, ensuring that his return to MCU would be under his condition and one that fans could be behind. Now he is also working on a special presentation of Punisher from Marvel!