Would Jon Bernthal be the Punisher again? Actor explains hesitation to return to role

Last Tuesday, 18, arrived at Disney+ the fourth episode of the series “Daredevil: Reborn”, bringing to fans a big surprise: the return of the justice antihero, lived by the actor Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead).

Jonwhich also gave life to the character for two seasons in Netflix’s “The Punisher” series (2017), is back in the role of Frank Castle – but this hardly happened. This is because, to Entertainment Weekly, the actor revealed that he almost denied Disney’s invitation to return, because it would have felt that the new script was far away from what he had done eight years ago.

“I didn’t see [Frank Castle]. I couldn’t see that version of Frank, and what they wanted from it made no sense to me, I thought it would not appeal to the fans and would not be congruent. It was not something I was interested in doing. So I had to get out, “Bernthal revealed.

Despite having denied the opportunity at first, Marvel returned to contact the actor after hiring new writers, and DARIO SCARDAPANEscreenwriter and original executive producer of “The Punisher”, enter the project as Showrunner.

According to the star, the new approach would have been completely different, with the studio including it in the character’s development: “They really brought me to the conversation. We really were specific about where Frank is psychologically, where Frank is physically.”

With new episodes every Tuesday in Disney+, “Daredevil: Reborn” also has the return of Charlie Cox in the role of Matt Murdock, the Daredevil, and Vincent D’Onofrio Like villain Wilson Fisk, the king of crime.

The official synopsis of the series says: “Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer with improved capabilities, struggles for justice through his popular law firm, while the former mafia leader Wilson Fisk pursues his own political goals in New York. When their past identities begin to emerge, the two men end in an inevitable collision route.”

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