“Daredevil” Star Clears Up “Avengers” Rumor

Back in December it appeared that “Daredevil” star Charlie Cox would potentially appear in at least one of the new “Avengers” movies in the works at Marvel Studios.

The news was sourced to a social media posting by a Perth-based gym who posted a photo on Instagram showing off a post-workout Cox along with his wife and some employees.

It was captioned “Charlie is currently training for his role in the upcoming @marvel Avengers movie where he will play @daredevil. It’s been our absolute pleasure working with you both and we can’t wait to watch you on the big screen!”

At the time it was speculated the gym had confused Cox’s commitments to the “Daredevil: Born Again” series with the new “Avengers” films. Soon after the post went viral, the gym owners edited the caption.

Now Cox has cleared up the confusion while out promoting the launch of “Daredevil: Born Again”. He tells EW:

“I was there for Christmas with my family. And on the last day, they asked if they could take a picture with me, which we did. I had said to them, ‘I’m getting ready to play Daredevil,’ ‘ cause I am! I’m getting ready to play Daredevil in season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again.

Sometimes people who aren’t really in the [entertainment] world, they don’t understand the terminology or whatever, but for some reason, they posted that and they put ‘getting ready for his role in the Avengers,’ which is not true.

I felt terrible. I had to call my bosses and say, ‘I didn’t say that,’ obviously. Why would I say that? Why would I make something like that up? But I don’t think they made it up. I think they just got confused about what it is. I don’t know.

So what is the future of Daredevil in the MCU beyond his own TV series? Cox says at present there are none but he’s very open to do more:

“Other than season 2 of Daredevil, I have no knowledge of any other commitments at all. It definitely feels like Matt Murdock is in that [Marvel] world more but it would be cool for that journey to continue.”

Showrunner Dario Scardapane confirms that the second season of the series will begin shooting just a few days after the first launches, meaning Cox is going to be very busy over the next few months.

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