Everybody is anxiously awaiting the premiere of “Daredevil” season 2 which is set to arrive on Netflix on March 18th. One of the reasons why anticipation is at an all time high is because the second season will be introducing The Punisher to the MCU. Jon Bernthal is the man that will be bringing Frank Castle to life on the small screen and he recently spoke to Comic Book Resources about whether his portrayal of the characters comes off more like a hero, a villain or an anti-hero.
“I think any time that you play a character, you can’t think about it in those terms. I think what attracted to me so much about this show in the first place was Season One when Charlie [Cox] was able to accomplish… it’s not a superhero show. It’s a show about a human being going through unbelievable circumstances. He created a completely nuanced and rich character. I think that was my job here, was to try to get to the bottom of why this man is on the mission that he is on, and to delve into that as fully as I possibly could.
I think these writers were courageous enough to not do anything as a half measure and be bold enough to lose the audience if necessary and to go full out and not worry about whether people will abandon the character or not and trust that within later episodes we can win them back.
And that’s one of the pleasures of being on a show on Netflix where you don’t have to worry about maintaining that audience. You don’t have to worry about, let’s set up the next episode because people will have a completely personal relationship to when and how they view the show. So you can sort of free yourself of those responsibilities. It’s an unbelievable honor to do this. I don’t think of him as a villain at all.” Bernthal said.
During the interview Bernthal goes on to talk about which Punisher stories he really connected with and he named “Punisher MAX” as a series that really resonated with him. Bernthal also addresses the possibility of The Punisher getting his own spin-off series and more. You can check out the full interview here.
