Advertisement
In the last two years since the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, the buzz around Daredevil intensified, as Charlie Cox reprised the part from his Netflix show and proved there was so much left to explore about him. The world now awaits his Marvel show that is in the making titled Daredevil: Born Again. But long before Cox even thought of taking up this job, the character belonged to a Hollywood superstar, and it was the Batman fame, Ben Affleck. But what exactly cut his run as Matt Murdock so short?
It was the year 2003; Ben was introduced as Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer who is street smart and takes down the bad guys in the night wearing a scarlet superhero costume with his face covered with a mask in the movie Daredevil. The movie went on to impress the audience and earned decent box office numbers for its time. The world was prepared for a sequel but a strategy at the studio went wrong.
Yes, you heard that right. There were indeed plans in place to bring back Ben Affleck as the titular character in Daredevil 2, but it was the studio’s plan that killed the chances inturn led to the Batman fame moving on in his career with different IPs and eventually settling at the DCEU Bat-cave. Read on to know everything you should know about the same.
Advertisement