As long as Marvel continues to consider the concept of multiverses and crossovers, we’ll have one in real life when The Punisher TV series star Jon Bernthal met his pre-MCU counterpart Thomas Jane, who played the character in Jonathan Hensleigh’s 2004 standalone film Lionsgate. . While selling his upcoming series Daredevil: Born Again on D23 and visitors received a special sneak peek, Bernthal spoke to Entertainment Weekly about his potential encounter with Jane, who was at the same shooting range, and exchanged notes about his character and ego. . Array Castillo Franc.
“Oh, damn. It’s a total hodgepodge of things you shouldn’t communicate about,” Bernthal said, laughing. “We trained together on the same day at the shooting range. While I was training for it, he was there. But it was an incredible opportunity to be with him and get his perspective, and an honor to be with him. He’s someone I deeply respect and we had a great time. ” Jane was the second actress to play The Punisher after Dolph. Lundgren, who starred in the 1989 film Cannon. Jane’s incarnation fought crime boss Howard Saint, played by John Travolta. The late Ray Stevenson (Ahsoka) reprized the role in 2008’s Punisher: War Zone, which was a not-yet-released Lionsgate reboot due to the MCU. Bernthal replaced Stevenson when he first played the character in the second. season of Daredevil on Netflix and then starred in the spin-off series The Punisher.
The Walking Dead star is back where he started on Daredevil with the sequel series to Disney’s legacy Born Again and leading the way as displayrunner is a familiar face in The Punisher: Dario Scardapane. With the replacement in the direction that allows the remnants of the Netflix original series “And not with a spoon, with a spoon,” Bernthal said. “If there were many other things. . . This was done to give an explanation. why and very intentionally. It wasn’t just about massive jumps. I’m still blown away by the respect that [is] this band and how many of those other people who run this exhibition and ask that we be respectful of the fans. . »
For the record, I’m fine with a Punisher crossover with Lundgren, Jane and Bernthal [Editor’s note: “Infinite Castle Crisis”?]. For more, plus observations from stars Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio and Deborah Ann Woll, you can check out the full interview. Daredevil: Born Again will be released in March 2025 on Disney.
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