With Marvel’s Iron Fist right around the corner, two seasons of Daredevil under Netflix’s belt and two hugely successful seasons of Jessica Jones and Luke Cage hitting the streaming service in recent months, the streaming service and Marvel Entertainment are now gearing up for the release of team-up series The Defenders.
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The Defenders will see all four heroes get together to battle their biggest threat to-date, battling not only for themselves but for the rest of mankind. It’s sure to be explosive viewing, and now more information is beginning to trickle out about what fans should expect when The Defenders does come to the small screen.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly in an exclusive new interview, actor Charlie Cox (who plays Matt Murdock aka Daredevil) said of shooting his first scene with the rest of The Defenders: “It’s been a long time coming. I’ve known about this since early 2014, when I was cast for the first of these shows, and then I knew it would culminate into this, and in that time, I would say I’ve become a comic book fan and a bit of a geek. I love what we call Easter eggs, when there are moments that a true fan would get a kick out of. This is probably the ultimate Easter egg, you know? This is the moment where you see all of us in the same frame for the first time.”
The actor also discussed where we’ll find Matt Murdock during the star of The Defenders, explaining: “Well, it’s been a few months since the end of season 2. I think it’s been quite a challenging few months for him. He took the death of Elektra very badly – I think he feels responsible for that. One of Matt’s big things is trying to protect the people he loves, which is why he keeps his identity hidden, and he’s failed. He’s left holding the dead body of a loved one, and so I think he’s tried to turn a corner.
“It’s almost like quitting an addiction in the hope that it will get easier. He’s perhaps a little bit lost, and the best he can do for now is to not engage in his vigilante activities. When we meet him at the beginning of The Defenders, I’m not sure he’s completely found peace with that idea. I think he’s doing the best with what he can at the time. He finds himself between a rock and a hard place, which is the crux of his issue really from the beginning of season 1. ‘Should I or shouldn’t I? What is more beneficial to society?’”
Marvel’s The Defenders is expected to arrive on Netflix in summer 2017.
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