Charlie Cox Has A Story Reason For She-Hulk’s More Relaxed Daredevil

Charlie Cox explains his story reasoning for why Daredevil is much more relaxed in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law compared to his previous Netflix show. The latest MCU show to release on Disney+, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law follows Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) as she navigates her career as a lawyer with her newfound hulk superpowers. The show has earned strong reviews from critics, who praise its humor and self-referential approach to the Marvel formula. While She-Hulk: Attorney at Law never loses sight of its hero, the show does feature several exciting guest performances, including the long-awaited return of Cox's Daredevil.

First teased in the show's trailer released as part of Marvel's SDCC panel, Daredevil doesn't end up appearing in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law until the penultimate episode. While audiences had already seen Cox reprise his role as Matt Murdock, the lawyer, in last year's Spider-Man: No Way Home, his latest appearance is the first time the actor has actually donned the Daredevil suit as part of the MCU. Initially presented as an antagonist to Walters in court, Daredevil and She-Hulk later team up to take down Leap-Frog (Brandon Stanley) and even strike up a romantic relationship. Although many fans were pleased with Daredevil's appearance in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, others were critical of the funnier, more laid-back version of the character.

In a recent interview with Marvel.com, Cox discusses Daredevil's exciting return on She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and why the character may be different from what some fans were expecting. The actor explains that, for him, there's actually a strong story reason for Daredevil's more relaxed demeanor, citing the fact that the hero is technically on vacation in the California-based show, a long way from his home of Hell's Kitchen. Check out Cox's full comment below:

I talked a little bit to Marvel Studios about where does he come from? Where's his headspace at? What's going on? I don't think we really knew what was going to happen next. When we were shooting it, I certainly didn't know about a new Daredevil show, I think [Marvel Studios] was figuring out what's the next right thing for this character.

So the way that I like to think of it was that no matter what's going on in his world in Hell's Kitchen, when he comes out to do this little job, which is defending, representing Luke Jacobson in this trial, he kind of sees it almost as like a little bit of a holiday. So his frame of mind is that he's just out of sight, out of mind from all the stuff that — whatever is going on in New York right now, he's away from that for a few days while he takes care of his case.

While he's there he feels a weight lifted, and he's able just to put that to one side mentally and just enjoy himself. Then there's this kind of fun little romance going on, and then he gets roped into all this stuff with Leap-Frog as we see the episode kind of develop. I kind of saw it as a different side to Matt but maybe not because he's different from who he has been in the past or will be in the future, but mainly because it's kind of Matt Murdock on holiday a little bit.

Why She-Hulk's Version Of Daredevil Divided Fans

When Daredevil was first released on Netflix in 2015, fans fell in love with the darker, more violent approach to the hero. The TV-MA-rated show introduced audiences to Cox's take on Daredevil and further explored the character across two additional seasons. Although many fans were quick to get on board with the lighter and funnier Daredevil depicted in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, others were left disappointed, feeling like the new version of the character was too much of a departure from the version seen in the Netflix series.

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is a legal comedy at its core, meaning that Daredevil had to evolve to some extent in order to be featured in the show. Cox's comment, interestingly, hints that the version of the character that appears in Daredevil: Born Again, the upcoming Disney+ reboot series, could potentially be more on the serious side again. While his explanation may not sway those disappointed by She-Hulk: Attorney at Law's version of Daredevil, it certainly provides a story-based explanation as to why he seems to be having more fun being a hero than ever before.

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Source: Marvel.com