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  • Punisher’s Jon Bernthal on why he first walked away from Daredevil: Born Again

    Warning: This article contains some spoilers for the latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again. 

    The Punisher is back. In the latest episode of Daredevil: Born Again, Jon Bernthal made his highly anticipated return as Frank Castle, aka the Punisher.

    The episode marks Bernthal’s first appearance as the vigilante since Netflix’s The Punisher in 2019. However, the return almost never happened. Bernthal originally walked away from the first incarnation of Daredevil: Born Again.

    “Ultimately, I didn’t see it,” Bernthal told EW. “I didn’t see the version of Frank, and what they wanted from Frank [didn’t] really make sense to me and I thought would not appeal to the fans and wouldn’t be congruent. It was not something I was really interested in doing. So we had to walk away.”

    In September 2023, Marvel pulled the plug on Born Again and creatively overhauled the series. New writers and directing teams were brought in to give the Disney+ series a grittier and more violent tone, similar to the one employed by the Netflix show.

    The Punisher’s Dario Scardapane became the new showrunner on Born Again. Bernthal appreciated these changes and changed his original stance on returning.

    “They really brought me into the conversation,” Bernthal explained. “We really got specific about where Frank is psychologically, where Frank’s at physically.”

    Jon Bernthal stands as the Punisher and stares.
    Netflix

    Daredevil: Born Again won’t be a one-off for Bernthal’s character. The Punisher will receive a Disney+ TV special, similar to Werewolf by Night. Bernthal has been extremely hands-on, penning the screenplay with director Reinaldo Marcus Green.

    “The story that we’ve laid out is, I think, really special,” Bernthal said about the upcoming special. “It’s the visceral, psychologically complex, unforgiving, no-holds-barred version of Frank where he’s going to turn his back to the audience. And nothing is easy and all violence has a cost, and we’re going to see that cost. I’m grateful that they’re letting me go to the places that I really want to go.”

    The next episode of Daredevil: Born Again streams to Disney+ on Tuesday, March 25.

  • Jon Bernthal originally turned down ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ because the Punisher’s return didn’t ‘make sense’

    Two men standing in a locker room. On the left, a man in all-black military clothing has long black hair and a long black beard. He's holding a black hatchet in his right hand and he's holding the other man up against the lockers in the other. The other man is dressd in a dark blue suit and a white shirt. He's wearing dark glasses and he's holding a white cane in his left hand. There is a weight bench behind them, and tactical gear on shelves on the right.
    Jon Bernthal as the Punisher and Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock in “Daredevil: Born Again.”

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    • Jon Bernthal said he originally declined to return as the Punisher in “Daredevil: Born Again.”
    • The actor said the character’s story originally didn’t “make sense” to him.
    • Marvel then creatively overhauled “Daredevil,” and Bernthal was happy to come back.

    Jon Bernthal said he initially turned down returning as the Punisher in “Daredevil: Born Again” because the character’s story didn’t “make sense” to him.

    “Daredevil: Born Again” is Marvel and Disney+‘s continuation of Netflix’s “Daredevil” show, which was canceled in 2018 after three seasons.

    Punisher appears in “Daredevil: Born Again” episode four, where Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) questions why corrupt police officers are using the Punisher’s symbol as an excuse to murder criminals.

    The storyline references the way real-life officers were seen sporting the Punisher’s skull logo on their uniforms.

    In the scene, Punisher has a haunting take on grief, loss, and retribution. But Bernthal almost didn’t appear at all.

    Speaking to Entertainment Weekly about the episode, the actor recalled being unimpressed by the original plan for Punisher’s return.

    “Ultimately, I didn’t see it. I didn’t see the version of Frank, and what they wanted from Frank [didn’t] really make sense to me and I thought would not appeal to the fans and wouldn’t be congruent,” Bernthal said.

    “It was not something I was really interested in doing. So we had to walk away.”

    After filming six episodes of “Daredevil: Born Again,” Marvel decided on a creative overhaul and brought “The Punisher” showrunner Dario Scardapane on board. Fresh ideas and a truer take on Punisher persuaded Bernthal to return.

    A man with short dark hair standing on a crosswalk in a city street. He has blood splattered across his face and hands. He's dressed in all-black tactical gear, including a black bullet-proof vest that has a white skull design painted on the front.
    Jon Bernthal as the Punisher on the set of “Daredevil: Born Again.”

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    “They really brought me into the conversation. We really got specific about where Frank is psychologically, where Frank’s at physically,” he said.

    Bernthal also touched on getting the chance to explore Punisher further in an upcoming special, which he’s writing alongside Reinaldo Marcus Green.

    “The story that we’ve laid out is, I think, really special. It’s the visceral, psychologically complex, unforgiving, no-holds-barred version of Frank where he’s going to turn his back to the audience,” Bernthal teased.

    “And nothing is easy and all violence has a cost, and we’re going to see that cost. I’m grateful that they’re letting me go to the places that I really want to go.”

    Read the original article on Business Insider