Charlie Cox is the only actor that Marvel fans see as their masked vigilante Daredevil and lucky for them it is now being reported that the actor will now officially be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It just cannot get bigger than this. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige recently confirmed that MCU will cast Charlie as Daredevil if the franchise includes his character in upcoming movies.
“If you were to see Daredevil in upcoming things, Charlie Cox, yes, would be the actor playing Daredevil. Where we see that, how we see that, when we see that, remains to be seen,” Feige responded. Well, as we’ve seen from the rumor mill over the past few months, there are more than enough options out there for Cox’s return.
One user tweeted, “I’m not surprised Charlie Cox is back as Daredevil but I am very surprised Kevin Feige said anything about Charlie Cox returning as Daredevil and that it is out there now.” Meanwhile, another claimed, “Just so you all know how serious this news is, Charlie Cox turned down multiple roles in numerous films and TV shows because he was expecting a season 4 to start filming. This is such a monumental win for Charlie Cox and he deserves it and so much more.” One loyal fan asserted, “I can’t accept anyone else to be daredevil”, as one concluded, “Between the stress and being sick, the Charlie Cox news is legitimately making me happy cry.”
Earlier in the fall, we looked at how the rumor hill had ramped up regarding Cox’s Matt Murdock aka Daredevil & D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk aka The Kingpin making the jump from Netflix MCU to the 2021 MCU proper. First, it was that Cox’s Murdock would appear as Peter Parker’s (Tom Holland) attorney in Spider-Man: No Way Home as well as spend some time in court with Tatiana Maslany‘s Jessica Walters in the upcoming live-action series She-Hulk. Then, there were rumblings that D’Onofrio’s Kingpin would appear in Hawkeye. Renner & Steinfeld’s series would be key because D’Onofrio’s appearance would reportedly lead into the Echo spinoff series (reportedly bringing back a number of Daredevil’s supporting cast).
Then came word that Marvel Studios was eyeing a solo Daredevil project (either as a film or streaming series) that would be a pseudo-reboot (though no one is officially confirming or denying). Jon Bernthal (The Many Saints of Newark, The Premise) went on record saying he would consider a return as Frank Castle aka The Punisher is the story was right. And then just before November rolled around, Cox opened up about what a (hypothetical) return would mean and how it would be different from the Daredevil that viewers knew from Netflix.
