Charlie Cox, the star of Daredevil, has said that The Defenders season one was too slow but that he would like to see another one.
There was plenty of build up and associated hype for The Defenders, the Netflix show which united the disparate Marvel heroes in one miniseries. The show, however, wasn’t received well, putting a future season in doubt.
Daredevil star Charlie Cox admits that the first season had its problems, but tells Metro that he would like to see the show come back: “‘I had a great time filming it,’ Charlie said. “I really loved working with those other Defenders and I really enjoyed the dynamic.
“I think what we discovered with The Defenders is that it was a lot to try and handle within eight episodes. To have these four people meet in an organic way and then set up a story, and then resolve it, and introduce a new villain all in eight episodes, became a lot.
“In a weird way, the first part of the season felt too slow because they wanted these people to meet organically and not just chuck them in a room in the first episode. But then, by the time that happened, we only had three episodes left.
“I would like to see it go again if that’s something they wanted to do. I’d be well up for that. I think that’d be really fun. I would like to see a story that is more in keeping with the show’s that we make, which is a little bit more grounded, a little more boots on the ground. I don’t want to see us try and compete with the Avengers in terms of the scope. I’d like to see The Defenders in more of a crime drama that happens in Hell’s Kitchen underground. That’d be fun.”
It certainly seems like Cox is very aware of the show’s flaws and has a good understanding of how this could potentially be fixed in a second season. Would you be interested in another season of The Defenders?
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Season three of Daredevil sees Charlie Cox (Matt Murdoch/Daredevil), Deborah Ann Woll (Karen Page), Elden Henson (Foggy Nelson) and Vincent D’Onofrio (Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin) all returning to the cast alongside new additions Joanne Whalley (Wolf Hall) as Sister Maggie and Wilson Bethel (Hart of Dixie) as Bullseye. It is set to arrive on Netflix on October 19th.
