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 "Marvel's Daredevil," which premiered all 13 episodes on the
online streaming platform over the weekend, follows blind
comic-book hero Matt Murdock, played by British actor Charlie
Cox.
Murdock is a lawyer by day and masked vigilante Daredevil by
night, fighting criminals in New York's Hell's Kitchen, a
neighborhood destroyed by the explosive climax of 2012's
"Avengers" film.
"I felt like this was the next evolutionary step in the Marvel
cinematic universe with what they were going to do, and they
were going to go grittier and darker," Cox said.
The series follows the level-headed Murdock, blinded as a child
in an accident, as he establishes a law practice with his friend
Foggy Nelson to help those really in need.
At night, Murdock unleashes his alter-ego Daredevil, using his
heightened senses to beat criminals often to a pulp, while
getting battered himself as he hunts the villainous Kingpin,
Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio).
"(Murdock) is Catholic and presumably believes in God and divine
order and yet he's playing God in some ways," Cox said. "He goes
home and sits with those feelings, and feels that inner conflict
and dilemma and that idea of purgatory."
Marvel has dominated the superhero genre with blockbuster films
such as "Iron Man" and "Captain America." The upcoming
"Avengers: Age of Ultron" is expected to break box office
records next month.
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The superheroes have also expanded to television with ABC network's
"Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D" and "Agent Carter" mini-series that tie into
the films.
But with "Daredevil" on Netflix, where there can be more creative
license than at television and film studios, executive producer
Steven S. DeKnight said they could push the boundaries of the Marvel
Universe.
"They let us have conversations, they let us have episodes where
there's almost no action," he said. "But it is a lot more violent
than you've seen in the Marvel cinematic universe."
"Daredevil" is the first of five planned Netflix-Marvel series -
"A.K.A. Jessica Jones," "Luke Cage," "Iron Fist" and the ensemble
"The Defenders," all of which will intersect in Hell's Kitchen.
And both Cox and DeKnight said they would support Daredevil
appearing in future Marvel films.
"If I'm invited to that party, I'm there," Cox said with a laugh.
(Editing by Mary Milliken and cynthia Osterman)
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