Violent Kingpin Scene Descriptions From Netflix's Daredevil

The Short List were invited to drop by the set of Netflix's Daredevil. They came away from the experience with intriguing quotes from the show's star Charlie Cox as well as info on violent scenes involving Kingpin.

Wilson Fisk/Kingpin and Matt Murdock/Daredevil both have interest in making Hell's Kitchen a better place, but how each goes about that task will define them. "There's no end to what makes him who he is," Vincent D'Onofrio told the Short List. "In two sentences, Fisk can move from a child into a monster."

Do you love Fisk because he (like many men) turns into an awkward mess when speaking to women he likes, or despise him because he later decapitates someone with a car door when it all goes wrong? Fisk is as comfortable in an art gallery as he is covered in blood, and it's terrifying. - Short List

As for Cox, he was initially blind to Daredevil's blindness. When Marvel sent him over a character description of the superhero it left out one important detail. "It was funny, as there was no script. The character description list was 15 words long – charming, charismatic, energetic, funny – but it didn't mention 'blind'," Cox revealed. "I wasn't familiar with the comics, so I had to look him up and email my agent, saying, 'Is he blind? Should I be playing this blind?'"

After he got the role, Cox began working with a man named Joe, who had lost his sight 20 years ago when he was 19-years-old. "We practised doing everyday things you wouldn't necessarily think about, like making a cup of tea," Cox explained. "He tells me if I'm walking with my cane right based on the sound, which is fascinating. One day he stopped me and said, 'Hang on a second, you're about to walk into a wall.' He was behind me, I took my blindfold off and saw that the pavement had taken a bend. Joe describes it as echolocation – we were talking, and the way my voice was bouncing let him know."

This subtle writing also makes our superhero a hell of a lot more interesting to watch.  And it's a lot of fun. Do we finally have a small-screen antidote to some of TV's more angelic superheroes? "There's definitely something more human about him," agrees Cox. "I think people will relate to that.

What makes Daredevil so fascinating is that he was one of the first superheroes to dip his toes in the grey areas of heroism. He's no boy scout. He can do the right thing one moment and then "gleefully push a thug off a rooftop." Should be interesting to see how the character progresses throughout the 13-episode run. "As the season progresses he becomes more torn between what he thinks is the right thing to do and what isn't," Cox said. "We see him begin to fall apart at the seams."

It's time to let the devil out. Marvel's Daredevil is here to clean up the streets of Hell's Kitchen, New York. Lawyer by day, street-level hero by night, Matt Murdock is on a mission to make his city a better place against an underground terror within the city.

Daredevil debuts on Netflix, April 10th.