- Marvel’s “Daredevil: Born Again,” the revival of the Netflix show, will stream on Disney+ in March.
- Ayelet Zurer returns to play Vanessa Fisk, the wife of Kingpin, the brutal crimelord.
- Zurer told Business Insider that her character Vanessa “took over” for Kingpin after season three.
Ayelet Zurer, who plays Vanessa Marianna-Fisk in “Daredevil: Born Again,” told Business Insider that her character has taken over from her husband, Wilson Fisk, to become the head of his criminal empire.
“Daredevil” premiered on Netflix in 2015 as a collaboration with Marvel Television. But the show was canceled in 2018, when the pair cut ties. The revival series, “Daredevil: Born Again,” will stream on Disney + from March 4.
Both the Netflix series and the Disney+ Marvel revival tell the story of Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), a blind lawyer who moonlights as Daredevil, a vigilante defending Hell’s Kitchen in New York.
In the first three seasons, Murdock pursues Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio), a crimelord also known as Kingpin. “Born Again” is set several years later, and sees Murdock fight a serial killer called Muse.
It will also explore Kingpin’s complex relationship with his wife, including the aftermath of her stepping up to run his empire since “Daredevil” season three.
This may surprise viewers as Vanessa was introduced as an art dealer in “Daredevil” season one.
Zurer said: “Since he was gone, she took over a little bit and it’s very hard to pull away from that. So some things are not sitting well and they have to deal with that.”
She added the audience will see a more mature side to the couple: “Things changed in their relationship. We come in after a gap of time where they also haven’t been together, I won’t say too much about that. But when they return, they are the very strange lovers that they are.”
The pair “start from mistrust and go back to trust, which is their core essence,” she said.
Zurer also addressed originally being replaced by another actor for the revival.
Referring to Vincent D’Onofrio, who plays Fisk, she said: “I am always speaking to Vincent. He’s a friend of mine, we’re close friends. It didn’t work out, and there was a great disappointment on my side, but I always, always wish him and also wished the team luck.”
However, after production paused during the actor’s strike in 2023, Marvel overhauled the revival with the help of its new showrunner, Dario Scardapane, and Zurer was asked to reprise her role.
“It was such a nice surprise, you know, for me, cause I really, really liked the show, and I really like the relationship, and working with Vincent was always one of my, you know, highlights of career,” she said.
