{"id":980393,"date":"2025-10-13T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/?p=980393"},"modified":"2025-10-13T10:29:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T14:29:48","slug":"daredevil-born-again-matthew-lillard-mysterious-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denofgeek.com\/tv\/daredevil-born-again-matthew-lillard-mysterious-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Daredevil: Born Again Producer Teases Matthew Lillard’s Mysterious Character"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thanks to roles such as Stu Macher in Scream<\/a><\/em>, Shaggy in Scooby-Doo<\/a><\/em>, and skydiving enthusiast Bill Hastings in Twin Peaks: The Return<\/a><\/em>, Matthew Lillard has long been a fan-favorite actor. But as much as we respect his acting range, we’re having a hard time imagining how exactly he’ll fit into the Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure, he squeezed into an animatronic for Five Nights at Freddy’s<\/a><\/em>. But what kind of costume would he squeeze into for Daredevil: Born Again<\/a><\/em> season 2? Turns out, he’s not getting into any costume at all, as Marvel Television and Animation Head Brad Winderbaum shared with EW<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“He plays a character named Mr. Charles,” Winderbaum revealed. Unfortunately, it’s a reveal that raises more questions than it answers. Daredevil’s been around since 1964 and has faced a number of antagonists, including assassins, a guy who has the power of walking on really tall stilts, and, in one instance, a demon-possessed vacuum cleaner. But he’s never, to our recollection, crossed paths with a guy named Mr. Charles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Winderbaum has some details about how this guy fits into the Born Again<\/em> storyline. “The story is about power. When Wilson Fisk takes over New York, not just as a mayor but as a king in a way, it puts him in a new class of power players on the international stage. Matthew Lillard’s character represents that,” Winderbaum explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Winderbaum, Mr. Charles will represent a unique threat to Mayor Kingpin. “He’s a bit of a new antagonist on the field, but he’s as influential in many ways as Fisk is,” Winderbaum said. “That power negotiation at a very high level of politics and international diplomacy is also fun to watch. He is dealing with Mr. Charles up here and Daredevil down here for different reasons. So he’s getting squeezed a little bit.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\r\n\n\t\t