‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Reportedly Recruiting Netflix Cast

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(Front Row) Deborah Ann Woll and Elden Henson in Netflix’s ‘Daredevil.’ Photo: Netflix.

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Marvel’s ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ is undergoing a creative change.
Elden Henson and Deborah Ann Woll, are according to reports, returning.
Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio are starring.

After seeding the previously Netflix-based characters of Matt Murdock (played by Charlie Cox, he’s the blind lawyer with super-sensory hearing skills who suits up as the vigilante known as Daredevil) and Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk, a hulking criminal overlord who is one of Daredevil’s main enemies) into the MCU via the likes of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’, ‘Hawkeye’ and ‘She-Hulk’, Marvel was riding high on the reaction to news that the two would be the focus of their own Disney+ series.

‘Daredevil: Begin Again’ was supposed to be Marvel triumphantly proving it can take a character that has been brought to TV screens elsewhere and merge them into the wider, more directly canonical comic book-based universe. Commissioned from writers Chris Ord and Matt Corman, it was set for a mammoth 18-episode shoot and cameras started rolling back in March of last year.

Yet less than half the episodes had been filmed when the writers’ strike closed down production, and when executives got a look at the footage, they were unimpressed. Ord, Corman and the directors were let go and a new creative team, including Dario Scardapane as showrunner and ‘Loki’ Season 2 directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, was hired.

And from the sounds of a new report, fans will be even happier to learn of some returning veterans in front of the camera…

Deborah Ann Woll and Elden Henson to reprise their roles?

Deborah Ann Woll in Netflix’s ‘Daredevil.’ Photo: Netflix.

Journalist Jeff Sneider, who has a decent track record of scoops, has heard that the show looks set to see the return of Deborah Ann Woll and Elden Henson will be back as Karen Page and Foggy Nelson.

Classic characters from the ‘Daredevil’ comic books, Foggy is Matt’s legal partner, while Karen is their legal secretary/research assistant.

They had a big fan following after their appearances on the main show and (especially in Woll’s case) popping up in other ‘Defenders’ shows on the streaming service. People were disappointed when they weren’t included in the original plans for ‘Born Again’, but it would appear that Marvel has listened to its audience.

Who else is in ‘Daredevil: Born Again’?

Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle in Marvel’s ‘The Punisher.’

Assuming their roles remain intact, Sandrine Holt, Michael Gandolfini, and Margarita Levieva are all in the cast for the new show.

We’ll also see another Netflix character/actor, as Jon Bernthal is reprising the role of Frank Castle –– better known as tough guy vigilante The Punisher –– from his own series and his ‘Daredevil’ crossovers.