Daredevil’sMark Steven Johnson Looks Back on the Divisive 2003 Flick

BeforeCharlie Coxfought beau in hallways and made frequent unreasoning joke in the MCU , 2003 ’s Daredevil motion picture hang overMatt Murdockfor years . The Ben Affleck - run film could credibly be considered a cultus classic these day in some respectfulness , but it does n’t really add up up in conversation , unless someone desire to say that Cox ’s Matt Murdock is thedefinitive versionof the character .

Daredevil remove its 20thh birthday before the weekend started , andYahoo Entertainmentmanaged to sit down with its director Mark Steven Johnson to look back on the film . Johnson , who also directed 2007 ’s Ghost Rider , was upfront in say that the maligned picture was bust at the seams . “ I want everything to be in there , but the film could only support so much , ” say Johnson . “ I want to do Daredevil ’s stemma news report , and I wanted to do the Elektra Saga and I wanted to introduce Bullseye and Foggy . [ … ] One of the mistakes I made with the film was desire to put everything in ! ”

When Daredevil had its physical discharge , there was also a morewell - like conductor ’s cutfeaturing a subplot with the later Coolio . intelligibly , Johnson considers that the “ tangible ” version of the motion-picture show , since it has more of everything in the theatrical cutting and comes out to be a “ more complete ” film . “ When you ’re told to swerve a half - hour out and and make it more of a love floor , thing star to feel rushed and not quite correct . It ’s a fan matter : when you make love something so much , you want to tell it all . ”

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In that same audience , Johnson open up on what he had in mind for a potential continuation . Like the original film , his follow up would ’ve put focal point on more of Matt ’s lovemaking sprightliness , but this metre with Karen Page ( played by Ellen Pompeo ) . But that was solely pendant on the achiever of the spinoff film for Jennifer Garner ’s Elektra , which released in 2005 to not much critical or commercial fanfare . “ I did n’t work on the Elektra movie at all , but that one did n’t work out and then everything kind of went off , unfortunately , ” he said .

For the full looking at back at Daredevil 2003 , which also includes Johnson ’s view on racebending the Kingpin ( as played by the late Michael Clarke Duncan ) and Marvel ’s involvement with his flick at the time , you could read ithere . And you could watch the Daredevil movie over on HBO Max .

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