Charlie Cox’s appearance in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law served as a sweet treat for many fans to hold them over until Daredevil: Born Again releases on Disney Plus. However, a stuntman for the original Netflix series has spoken out against the appearance, claiming the Marvel Cinematic Universe has turned Daredevil into a cartoon.
Charlie Cox’s return as Daredevil in the MCU has been mired in controversy ever since the cancellation of the Netflix series. Many fans worry that the Born Again revival on Disney Plus will ruin the magic of Cox’s character. Chris Brewster, who was Cox’s stuntman in the Netflix series, has spoken out about the “massive step-down” that the character has experienced in the MCU:
“I think that, now that the MCU has taken over the character, I think they are really, really hurting it. If you watch She-Hulk, they turned Daredevil into a cartoon. It’s all animated and it looks bad,” Brewster told the Ikuzo Unscripted podcast. “You know, I love CG to enhance real movement, but if you don’t have any real movement, it just becomes a cartoon. It’s just CG, there’s no weight to it. And what always made the action on Daredevil so good is it was visceral. You felt what Charlie was feeling, between his performance and being in there, in the action.”
“And anything that you saw, we really did. We had to put somebody on a wire, we needed something to enhance the movement,” He continued. “But it wasn’t a cartoon. It was live-action. And you will never match the energy that live-action has. So, I think that She-Hulk was a massive step-down as far as the movement goes and the action.”
The Daredevil Netflix series was perhaps best known for its action, going on to popularize the use of so-called “hallway fights” in superhero media, including the one in his appearance in She-Hulk: Attorney At Law. Though given Charlie Cox’s only action scenes in the MCU so far were alongside a Hulk, it may be unfair to assume Born Again will use as much CGI as his She-Hulk appearance.
What to expect from the new Daredevil series
Little is known of Daredevil: Born Again, with plot details being kept under wraps. Jon Bernthal, Sandrine Holt, Margarita Levieva, Michael Gandolfini, Nikki M. James and Michael Gaston are set to appear in the series opposite Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio. Matt Corman and Chris Ord are writing and executive producing for Marvel.
Daredevil: Born Again is currently scheduled to premiere in Spring 2024 on Disney Plus. Stay tuned for the latest news regarding the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content!
