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Summary
- Steven DeKnight almost didn’t cast Vincent D’Onofrio as the Kingpin in Daredevil.
- DeKnight described staying up all night searching for the role of Wilson Fisk because he believed only D’Onofrio could do it.
- Although initially considered too expensive, the casting director’s personal relationship with De Onofrio helped him get the part.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe Almost Didn’t Cast Vincent D’Onofrio as the Kingpin Daredevilshowrunner Steven DeKnight revealed.
In attendance Terror Fuel (pass Infrastructure) DeKnight revealed that in the development Daredevil TV shows on Netflix. Marvel Television President Jeph Loeb proved initially hesitant but ultimately cast the beloved actor in the role of the iconic Marvel villain, sharing the following:
We wanted to make sure we had the right casting. I had been up all night trying to get Wilson Fisk to play the Kingpin, and my feeling was that there was only one person who could do it, and that was Vincent D’Onfrio. I remember telling him [executive producer] Jeph Loeb, I sent him a picture of Vincent with a shaved head online, and I said, “Come on. Nobody else can do this. It’s Kingpin.” Jeff said, “Yeah, yeah, we like him, but he’s too expensive. He was on Law & Order and he was getting paid a million dollars an episode. We’ll never get him.” But a few months later, our casting director, Lara Mayfield, became a personal friend of him. She said, “Well, let me see if anyone’s interested.” It turns out Vincent was a huge Daredevil fan, a huge Daredevil comic book fan, and he said, “Yeah, I’d love to do it. Listen, we’ll work out an offer.”
Source: Horror Fuel (via CBR)
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