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‘Echo’ Star Vincent D’Onofrio Talks Kingpin’s Next Move and ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Reboot
(www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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At the end of Disney+ and Hulu’s five-episode miniseries, Echo, Maya (Alaqua Cox) utilizes the powers of her Choctaw ancestors to enter Fisk’s mind and potentially heal him of his childhood trauma involving his abusive father and the ball-peen hammer he used to stop him.
The mid-credit scene also shows Fisk licking his wounds on his private plane until his interest is piqued by a news report about New York City’s lack of a strong mayoral candidate.
In September 2023, Daredevil: Born Again, starring D’Onofrio and Charlie Cox, hit the reset button and overhauled its planned 18-episode series after early footage failed to meet Marvel Studios’ expectations.
The Punisher writer Dario Scardapane was brought on as the new showrunner, and it was soon decided that the isolated Marvel universe that once resided on Netflix would become MCU canon.
So I already knew that my character works best in that Daredevil kind of tone, and when Sydney told me about the special way she wanted to tell Maya Lopez’s story, I was like, “Great.
Maya tried to use her powers to heal Fisk’s childhood pain, and while it might seem premature to take that defining characteristic away from him at this early stage in your MCU career, do you think she succeeded?
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