In short
Charlie Cox discusses his career and how he approaches Matt Murdock/Daredevil, focusing on Daredevil: Born Again (with spoilers avoided beyond episode 7 of 8). He also talks about his stage work, including Broadway’s Betrayal, and his path to superhero acting.
Guest backgrounds
Charlie Cox is an English actor known for playing Matt Murdock/Daredevil across Netflix and now the MCU’s Born Again. He also has major theater credits, including Broadway’s Betrayal, and film work such as Stardust.
Key claims
Cox’s “North Star” is leaning into a superhero’s shortcomings—temper, overreach, and crises of faith—then showing how the character overcomes them. He says Marvel’s costume department is largely autonomous from showrunners. He describes Born Again’s creative pivot toward a darker, serialized streaming model.
Notable examples
Crawling out of the East River for the new suit; the long season-3 prison fight that required a full day of rehearsal; Betrayal’s melon scene; his Daredevil audition where the email didn’t mention blindness until recall.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOCharlie Cox Talks Daredevil Suits
4:34 to 8:35
Charlie discusses the evolution of Daredevil's costume and its significance.
“Yes, I am so thrilled that you guys are joining me selling out this theater tonight because we have a first-time guest on the podcast tonight.”
Charlie Cox Reflects on New York and Broadway
8:35 to 10:32
Charlie shares his experiences in New York and his Broadway debut.
“to needing to get this off very, very quickly.”
A Special Message from Tom Hiddleston
10:32 to 14:00
Charlie shares a heartfelt message from his co-star Tom Hiddleston.
“Yeah, so he lives around the corner from Hampstead Heath and he walks and runs with Bobby most of the lot.”
Behind the Scenes of Born Again
14:00 to 16:03
Learn about the original plans and casting for the show 'Born Again'.
“Oh my God, that would have been amazing.”
Behind the Scenes of Born Again
16:21 to 17:47
Learn about the original plans and casting for the show 'Born Again'.
“Please support our show and let them know we sent you.”
Behind the Scenes of Born Again
17:53 to 18:08
Learn about the original plans and casting for the show 'Born Again'.
Early Career and Friendships
18:08 to 20:40
Explore Charlie's early career and connections in the industry.
“I've heard stories and I've talked to many of your contemporaries that knew you way back when.”
The Stardust Experience
20:40 to 24:20
Insights into the making and reception of 'Stardust' and its impact on Charlie.
“I mean, did you feel like, I've got it made now?”
From Stardust to Boardwalk Empire
24:20 to 27:05
Discussing the challenges faced after 'Stardust' and the comeback with 'Boardwalk Empire'.
“And so went back to Los Angeles, went back to London, and it was around about that time that my agents called me and said, look, there's a very, potentially a very small part in Ball Book Empire.”
Daredevil Audition Insights
27:05 to 28:00
Charlie shares his experience and feelings during the audition for 'Daredevil'.
“Daredevil comes around Had you ever been up for superhero stuff prior?”
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Charlie Cox's Journey to Daredevil
28:00 to 33:46
Learn about Charlie Cox's unexpected path to landing the role of Daredevil.
“like this is one I can connect with, this is the right one for me?”
Daredevil: The Character's Evolution
34:27 to 42:01
Explore how Charlie Cox approaches his character and the show's direction.
“I haven't done the math, but you've probably played this character more than virtually any other MCU actor.”
Exploring Daredevil's Themes and Action
42:01 to 43:32
Learn about the serious themes in Daredevil and the impressive action sequences.
“and also other shows that we popped up in, there's been moments where I've thought, oh, we've really found it here, this little spot.”
Behind the Iconic Prison Fight Scene
43:33 to 46:18
Discover the production challenges and creativity behind the epic prison fight sequence.
“...mainly because I had to and was able to do so much of it.”
Anticipating Season 3 and Future of Daredevil
46:19 to 48:22
Get insights into Season 3 and the future prospects of Daredevil.
“It's going, everything's working perfectly.”
Balancing Daredevil and Fatherhood
48:23 to 53:03
Charlie discusses balancing his role in Daredevil with his responsibilities as a father.
“I mean you've already put in a long run like is there enough meat on the bone still with this character for you?”
Profoundly Random Questions with Charlie Cox
53:04 to 55:44
Enjoy a light-hearted segment of random questions with Charlie Cox.
“So that, I've got young children, I'm acutely aware.”
Collecting and Personal Interests
56:00 to 58:20
Charlie and the host discuss their collections and personal tastes.
“We currently have a Border Terrier and I always wanted one.”
Acting Reflections and Inspirations
58:20 to 1:00:00
Charlie shares thoughts on acting, favorite actors, and emotional movies.
“Who's the last actor you were mistaken for?”
Food Confusions and Preferences
1:00:00 to 1:01:30
The conversation turns to food, discussing dislikes and peculiar tastes.
“I mean, he's my all-time favorite, maybe.”
Transcript
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1:17Hey guys, it's Josh. Welcome to another edition of Happy Sad Confused. Today on the show, a first-time guest. We've wanted him forever. Daredevil himself, Charlie Cox, joins me to talk about his entire career and, of course, the latest season of Daredevil Born Again. Hey guys, thanks as always for checking out the podcast. Thanks for subscribing wherever you're doing it, on YouTube, on Spotify. I appreciate you guys. If you haven't already subscribed, give it a shot. It's time. Check out Happy Sick Infused every week. Two episodes a week. Okay, so this latest one, really fun one. Like I said, I've been wanting to have Charlie on the show forever.
1:51He is, of course, the iconic role that is Daredevil. And he really owns that role through the earlier incarnation and now this truly born again incarnation of Daredevil. It's really been cool to see him evolve with that character and in his own career. This is a conversation we taped at the 92nd Street Y, of course, one of my live events there. It was great to get to know Charlie and talk about his entire career, the arc of his career, and this latest season. I would say that it's probably best for you to have seen most of Daredevil Born Again as we taped this. The seventh of the eight episodes had run.
2:31So that's probably the best way to consume this if you're worried about spoilers. Beyond Charlie, I do want to mention quickly, check out our Patreon, patreon.com slash happy. Say I Confused. That's where you get all the early access to every single episode, plus discount codes to our live events, merch, autograph merch, all sorts of fun stuff. And speaking of live events like the Charlie Cox one, you could have gotten in on that. If you were a Patreon member, you could have gotten early access or even free tickets, depending on the tier level. We have so many cool events coming up. LA, I'm coming at you very soon.
3:03May 13th, get your tickets now. There are still plenty of good seats available. The Duffer Brothers, Matt and Ross Duffer. You know how much news they generate when they talk to me. This is going to be the third time on the podcast, and we are diving deep once again into Stranger Things, the entire series, but really the ending of the show, that final season. There are going to be some nice surprises. There are going to be some stuff for folks in the audience at certain tier levels. So if you know somebody out in LA that's a Stranger Things fan, spread the good word, because this is going to be a really cool event, May 13th in Los Angeles.
3:36Then I'm coming right back to New York for a couple really cool events, May 17th, Billy Eichner. That's going to be fun. He's obviously one of the funniest guys alive. Chatting with Billy about his new memoir. May 18th, I'm talking to, get this, Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas. Yeah, talking about their new movie, Power Ballad, which is excellent. We're going to screen the movie and I'm going to have a chat with them. John Carney, the great director of Once, directed this one. Fantastic. And I think that's all I can announce for now. But always more events, cooking. Trust me, we keep busy around here.
4:08Thank you guys, as always, for checking out Happy, Say, Confused. And I'm so thrilled that I get to share this one with you. Please enjoy, without any further ado, me and Charlie Cox. Hi, everybody. How's it going? Save some for Charlie, please. My name is Josh Horowitz. I'm the host of Happy, Say, Confused. You are inside of my podcast. Taj was right. Yes, this is a live taping of Happy, Say, Confused. Yes, I am so thrilled that you guys are joining me selling out this theater tonight because we have a first-time guest on the podcast tonight. Are you guys fans of Daredevil, maybe? Okay, good.
4:49He's an Englishman, but somehow he's become a New York superhero icon. We'll forgive him for that. He's a fantastic actor. I am just in love with what he's done with Matt Murdock, a.k.a. Daredevil. He's taken the night off from defending the streets of Hell's Kitchen to come defend the streets of the Upper East Side here with us tonight. please give it up for the one and only Charlie Cox everybody come on
5:29thank you hi guys don't embarrass him guys he's just a shy actor English is a shy Englishman. I thought we agreed you were going to come in costume tonight. No Daredevil costume? I'm sorry. Yeah, apologies. It's in the dry cleaners. What is your relationship with that costume having done this for a while now? Have you kind of reconciled the good and bad and the ugly of that costume? Yeah, well there's been a few of them. Yeah. And we've had some, yeah, there's been an interesting kind of evolution and it's always fun to kind of have an upgrade or to see the new one and to, especially as you get to know the comics, kind of play the hits.
6:06We've now managed to get quite a few of them in. What's really fun about the one in this season, which I now cannot spoil, which I was terrified of for so long, but this one that we have in this season, which is the black with the red kind of coming through, the more physical altercations he gets into, is kind of the first suit that is unique to our show and not the comic books. It doesn't exist on page. So that's kind of fun. Along the way, over the years, have you given specific notes or different kind of, do you kind of let the writers, the showrunners kind of dictate what the costume is going to be?
6:44Actually, I think that department is completely autonomous from even the show itself. That's somewhere high up in Marvel that the showrunner doesn't get to decide. The producers probably are part of the conversation, but I don't think that the TV producers get to decide. That is a very high up, behind closed doors, Marvel decision. I would say that Daredevil, you know, biased because you're here with me tonight, one of the cooler costumes, cooler looks in the MCU, wouldn't we agree? Yes? Sure, for sure.
7:18Yeah, and like, you know, I like that he doesn't have a cape. Do you know what I mean? Capes get in the way. Listen, capes are cool, it can be cool, but I'm glad I don't have one. They do get in the way. I hear from fellow friends who play superheroes that they're annoying. Probably half your friends have played a superhero at this point, right? I did have a funny moment in this costume this season when, I'll say this without too many graphic details, but essentially the first time you properly see the costume, I'm crawling out of the East River. And to be fair, they had said, you know, we'll pick you up as you're already on your feet.
7:56And I was like, that's not cool. like you know it's got to be like he's you know just been underwater for you know three or four minutes so i insisted on like crawling out and i and anyway my stomach didn't do very well from being in the east river shocking so clean it seems perfect so there was a couple of days later we were back on set and we were in williamsburg somewhere or green point i think and there was a crowd of people and it was the first time the suit was being had been photographed the paparazzi had got there and they was you know and i could see all these people seeing this the new suit for the first time.
8:27And there was a sense of like, and it is cool. Right. But in that moment, I was like, if only these guys knew how close I was to needing to get this off very, very quickly. And when I got a break, I walked into my green room and I said to Christy, my dresser helps me get it on and off because it takes a team. I was like, listen, Christy, you need to get this off in record time. Code red. Because I'm not in great shape right now. Before we come back to more about Daredevil and there's a lot to talk about, I'm just curious, like, you've spent a lot of time in New York over the years, between Daredevil and theater.
9:05I mean, is New York as much home as London was back in the day to you? Do you feel like a New Yorker at this point? No. I don't think I'll ever... I would never say that out loud. You know, not a true New Yorker. But I feel like I've spent the majority of my professional life here. I was brought over the first time to do Bawber Kempire in 2011. And other than a brief stint back home after that job ended, I've been here pretty much ever since. I was saying backstage, I had the privilege of seeing you in Betrayal on Broadway with Tom Hiddleston and Zoe Ashton. Was that a big moment to put that over here?
9:48Massive, yeah. For someone that's done a lot of stage back home to be on Broadway. Yeah, that's a huge bucket list moment. And also to get to do such an iconic British play from one of the greatest British playwrights. That was a huge, huge honour. I remember thinking when we were trying to figure out there was a moment where... Because we weren't supposed to transfer. We did it in London and we weren't supposed to transfer. Tom wasn't supposed to be available. I don't think Tom's ever available. And luckily the night manager too pushed or was able to push and suddenly there was a theatre available and there was a moment where was it going to happen was it not going to happen I just remember thinking this is one of those moments where if it doesn't happen it might never so very very fortunate well Tom Hiddleston is a very busy guy but he did make some time to send in a message for you no way yes he did come on let's take a look at a little message from our friend Tom here he is ah hello chaps hey Josh hey Charlie I can't think of two finer men And I hope you're having a lovely time To everyone in the audience I also hope you're having a lovely time Charlie, you're facing questions From one of the great question askers in the game So I thought I'd add a little something to the mix we performed Harold Pinter's Betrayal that's his dog Bobby in 2019 what is your happiest memory of betrayal and does it involve a piece of melon also second question when are we going to play squash oh that's so nice
11:44So did you reach out to him? I did. That is so nice. I want to go to where he is. He's in Hampstead Heath. Beautiful. Yeah, so he lives around the corner from Hampstead Heath and he walks and runs with Bobby most of the lot. I've still never met Bobby one of these days. Bobby is very special. We can talk dogs later. When we did Betrayal,
12:05during that time on Broadway, there were two birthdays. days. One of them was my daughter and the other one was Bobby's. And Bobby's birthday was a was there was more money spent on Bobby's birthday.
12:21So his he had a question about your happiest memory that might have involved Melon. Does that ring a bell? Yes. Yeah. So there's a scene between the two of us and Jamie Lloyd, our amazing director, staged it. So we were right at the front. I mean, closer to the edge of the stage than you and I are now. And he gets very cross with me during the scene. And we're also eating. And eating whilst acting on stage is difficult in and of its own right. Also, at this point, when we came to Broadway, we've been doing the play since January. And it was now towards November or October. So we'd seen each other every day.
13:03We were very, very close. And when When you're that close, if anything goes wrong on stage and you see a twinkle in the other person's eye trying not to laugh. So he's supposed to be very cross with me, so he absolutely can't laugh. Anyway there was a couple occasions where he's eating melon and on one of the occasions he stabs his melon because he's so angry with me and he gesticulates like that and the melon goes flying in the air and lands in my wine glass.
13:35and I can kind of laugh because I'm kind of confined his anger, humorous to an extent but I can see the tears coming down his face and he's trying not to laugh anyway it was a lovely memory we've got to get Loki and Daredevil in a scene together I know come on I know have you let the powers that be know we go way back, that would be kind of fun well, the first season of Born Again was originally before the strike was going to be 18 episodes long and Tom was going to direct one of the episodes what? yeah one of the great losses of the back half of that original season even though the changes that were made to the show were needed and necessary and made it much better but he was going to direct episode 12 or something.
14:31Oh my God, that would have been amazing. Yeah, and we were already like on the phone collaborating and coming up with ideas and stuff. That would have been lovely. We'll be right back with more Happy, Sad, Confused. So some of you may think what you see and hear in the podcast is the total me. The truth is I get super stressed like everybody else. Work challenges, the health of a loved one, it can all feel pretty overwhelming. That's why I'm so happy Rula is an ongoing sponsor for happy, sad, confused. It's one thing to find a therapist you like, but then you learn the problem of actually making sure that they take your insurance.
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18:07I'm curious, so coming up, I don't know if you knew Tom before Betrayal or what, but I've heard stories and I've talked to many of your contemporaries that knew you way back when. It seems like there was, is it fair to say there was a group of you that kind of came of age together? And who would you consider that group to be? So I went to an audition in, I was living in LA trying to get work, but I had had early success. I was kind of... Is this pre or post Stardust? It was post Stardust. Okay. And so I was in a, but which had not hit in the, thanks. There they are. It was post Stardust, which as kind of charming as that movie is, had not hit in the way that they had hoped.
18:52And so I was kind of like, I was not getting the opportunities I had wanted to and was struggling to get work. And I was in an audition and Tom recognized me, came up to me and said, oh I saw that film and we got chatting and he was out in LA trying to audition for stuff and so we became friends immediately in Los Angeles and he came over for dinner one night and said I've got an audition to audition for Thor the part of Thor as well um and then obviously that whole process ended up being what it was and he was so busy we kind of lost contact for probably eight years or so but we had a fast friendship for a period of time in in London for all of that.
19:35And the other guys that I've heard about, tell me if they kind of cross paths or not, but there's like Andrew Garfield, Eddie Redmayne, Jamie Dornan. So we were all really close. Yes. And some of those guys all lived together. We were all in Los Angeles all trying to get work. You know, this has been documented, talked about a lot. You know, I always say I've got a great photograph of myself, Andrew, Eddie, Andrew Garfield, Eddie Redmayne, Jamie Dornan, and myself all on the beach in Venice. And I just remember we were all out of work. They were going to make a movie. I remember they were making this movie Bioshock.
20:09I don't know if they ever made it. I don't know what happened. It was based on a computer game. But we had all found out on the same Friday that we hadn't got it.
20:19Which was a relief, by the way. Because as long as no one got it, everyone's going to get it. So when you get something like Stardust, that is a huge break. That's Matthew Vaughn at the time. and that's, you know, it's Claire Danes, it's Michelle Pfeiffer, it's De Niro, it's Neil Gaiman writing it. I mean, like, at the time, what are your recollections of that time period? I mean, did you feel like, I've got it made now? Like, what was your sense? Well, when I got the job, it was Charlie Cox. I was the first one cast. Start with Charlie Cox. Everybody says that, yeah. And Matthew obviously had produced unbelievable movies.
20:56Yes. And he'd made Layer Cake, which was tremendous, but he wasn't the Matthew, you know, He hadn't proven himself over and over again as a director at that point. And maybe it was just also kind of my youth and ignorance, but I remember thinking, oh great, this is a cool movie. But as we were then going through the process and suddenly Michel Fyfer signed on and Claire Danes and Rupert Everett and Peter O'Toole and Robert De Niro, I was like, oh my God, I'm going to be fired. Orlando Bloom is definitely available for this. So no, and then yeah, the filming of that was just life changing. It was unbelievable.
21:34It was so much fun. And I do know enough about Matthew though that he's, he can be a tough cookie. He's not like warm and fuzzy as a director. Oh, 100%. Like Taron Egerton talks openly, he's talked openly, like he gave him shit on that scene. Oh yeah, and by the way, 100%, I'm sure that's true. I love Matthew. Well and so does Taron. Don't get me wrong. But I do remember, I hope he doesn't kill me for saying this, I remember the first scene we shot was with, and by this point I had got to know Matthew and his sense of humour and we're both British and men. And I was kind of, you know. But Claire hadn't really got to know him yet.
22:11And on our first, literally the first shot of the movie, it's just us walking in Scotland. And he said, like, okay, can you go again? And Claire, you're kind of walking like a weird... And that was his note. And he did an impression. I was like, oh dear. So post Stardust, it's kind of a little bit of a rude awakening after that. It doesn't perform like everybody had hoped. And correct me if I'm wrong, you leave LA, you actually kind of run out of money, and you're kind of like re-evaluating where you're at in the industry. And Boardwalk Empire did kind of help you come back in a way. Yes, yes.
22:50So I'd been taken out of drama school to do The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons, which was an unbelievable experience. I'd gone from that on to a Disney movie with Heath Ledger and also with Jeremy Irons again, which was Casanova, which was silly and fun. And very soon after that, straight on to Stardust. So it was all working really, really nicely. And I was thinking, I like this acting gig. That's awesome. Yeah. And then, yeah, Stardust didn't quite, it didn't, I don't know if you'll remember, but there was around about that time when I was coming into the industry, the way people would talk about a movie often would be, what did it do in the first weekend?
23:33It doesn't seem to be something that is talked about as much anymore, but like how much money a movie made in its first weekend was a talking point and was crucial. And we came out against Rush Hour 3.
23:49And I remember they didn't want to put, someone told me they didn't want to put the word fairy tale in the tagline. and when the numbers came in later they had they had completely alienated their audience because they had marketed it so aggressively towards making people making sure people knew it wasn't just a kids film right but then no kids went to see it and so yeah rude awakening and ran out of money and was you know don't didn't have a degree or wasn't sure you know was struggling to think what I'm gonna do that outside of acting you know wait were you seriously contemplating like well I had to get a job yeah I had to get a job I had to wait tables or something you know um and so wait post-start us you waited no I did I didn't get to that point but I was I left LA because I left LA specifically because I wasn't legally allowed to do that in Los Angeles because my visa wouldn't allow me to I see so if I was going to wait tables or go back go to back to a job that I'd had in the past um I'd been a photographer's assistant and I'd worked in restaurants and stuff, I thought, well, I have to, it has to be in England where I'm legally allowed to do that.
24:59And so went back to Los Angeles, went back to London, and it was around about that time that my agents called me and said, look, there's a very, potentially a very small part in Ball Book Empire. They're not going to guarantee any episodes. They're, you know, there's, the character appears in three episodes right now. and you know without at that point it would not have been a job I was I'd be looking to kind of do without any sort of form of guarantee I think I got paid less for that first season than I did for my first ever acting job on screen so that teaches you I mean yeah humility and like oh my gosh like this you know it can seem like you have the world at your fingertips yeah yeah and overnight it just does not yeah it's but but that must have rejuvenated some confidence like being on that set with that company of actors you're on boardwalk empire like well the thing the thing that we skipped is that after stardust when it didn't when it hadn't quite when it wasn't working out i did go back to london and did my first play and that was with jamie lloyd and that was a that was really i remember my age and i was scared to say yes to it not because i didn't want to do theater but because I was worried about being taken out of the film industry for too long when I still quote-unquote had some momentum that I you know I hadn't been that long ago since Stardust had come out and I was worried that if that um you know that all of the opportunities would dry up if I if I did that and my my amazing agent who I've been with my whole career Lindy King in in the UK kind of said I think what you'll get from being on stage will give you more than you can recognize in terms of, or more that you can foresee in terms of confidence and knowing what it is to be an actor and the love of the craft.
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26:50And that was really the case. It really reminded me of the feeling that I had at school when I acted and thought, God, I'd love to keep doing this. So that was a huge moment in my career and all down to my agent. So jumping forward a bit then, Daredevil comes around Had you ever been up for superhero stuff prior? Had you ever had to do kind of the spandex audition thing? No, I don't think so I'd never gotten long enough into the process where I'd been asked to put on the spandex No, I don't think so But I remember I was doing a play I was doing The Prince of Homburg at the Dunmer Warehouse and Andrew came to see it and he told me that night he'd just been cast as Spider-Man.
27:37So I remember being like, oh, wow. That's exciting. But you weren't a comic book guy, correct me? And then Henry Cavill was in Stardust with me. Of course he was. And then suddenly he was Superman. All around you. I was like, wait for me, guys. Where's mine? The right one came around. Yeah. And so by the time you get into that audition room, did you know in your bones, in your heart of hearts, like this is one I can connect with, this is the right one for me? What do you remember early on in that process? So I was doing a pilot for CBS and I was not feeling great about it. We had started shooting and it was a lovely cast and crew but I just didn't feel like it had been the right decision to do the show and it wasn't what I really wanted to do and I wasn't enjoying how some of the decision making was taking place, which I understand and appreciate, but it's kind of a network television decision-making process and it wasn't what I had been looking to do.
28:42Anyway, I hate auditioning. And so if I can find an excuse to not audition for something, I will make that excuse. So if I have a job, I will not audition. I'll be like, oh, I'm not available because I've got this job. And my agent's always like, just go to audition. You never know. but because I was having a bad time on this job and I remember we were shooting in the standard hotel and it was an all-nighter and I decided, this audition came through and I just decided to read the lines with my accent coach on the job and it was for Daredevil and it said it was Daredevil and the story that a lot of people know is that it didn't mention in the body of the email that he was blind.
29:25So, and my accent coach said to me, I know this character, I think he's blind. I'm like, I don't think so. I'm pretty sure they would mention that. I think I'd know. Why don't we just sit over there? So I went to the audition and the feedback came back, which I did a good job, but please could I prepare it and be visually impaired for the recall. It wasn't until I was allowed to go, I was then back in London, back home in London, and I was asked, they told me I was going to screen test. And I was allowed to go to the Disney offices in London and read the first two scripts. And it was at that point that I sat in a room.
30:08I was sat with a gentleman who watched me read them. And it was when I left that room, I was like, oh no, these are really good. This is really good. That's the worst feeling. Now you're invested. Yeah. Who told you you got the part at the time? Was it, I know Drew Goddard was involved early on. Like, who was the one that? Jeff Loeb. Yeah, Jeff Loeb called me. I do remember that I then, before the screen test, I was dating an actress and she was doing a job in Shreveport, Louisiana. So I had gone out to visit her. And while I was there, they wanted to, before the screen test, they wanted to Zoom, they wanted to FaceTime with me.
30:43So I got on this FaceTime with Jeff and Kareem, a couple of the bosses at Marvel. And they had, you know, like before you do it, when you do a TV show or a film, when you show up to the makeup trailer or to the costume department, they've got pictures of all the actors on the walls. And when I was sitting in the audition, my picture was already on the wall. Good, okay. Yeah. But then afterwards, my girlfriend said, yeah, but they just exchange that when they get on with the next part. But it was an indication that they had kind of... And then I later found out that Joe Quesada, who's an amazing comic book artist at Marvel and has done stuff for DC as well, but he had been watching Ball War Kempire and he had seen me kill a man in a bathroom.
31:33And he had actually spoken to Jeff and said, he thought I was Irish because I played it. He was like, this Irish kid could be really good. That's amazing. Had you seen or have you seen Ben Affleck's Daredevil? I like it. I'm not saying... I like him. I'm a massive Ben Affleck fan. and I think he's awesome and tremendous. The movie... Your voice cracked there. What just happened? I think... I think... I think what happened with that movie is two things. CGI was invented and the next day they were like, let's make a movie with it. So they're a little premature with the CGI And also they try to get the entire Daredevil anthology into a two hour movie.
32:23Right, right. But anytime you cast Colin Farrell as bullseye, come on. There's moments in it that are iconic. And I love Ben Affleck. I did have a thing where I went to one of these comic cons where you do signing. And someone came up to me and was like, asked me to sign the Ben Affleck costume. So I was like, this is kind of funny. So I signed it. And then like five minutes later, someone else did it. And I was like, oh, you guys must have been in. Funny. So I signed it. And then it happened again and again. And then I realized the show had incorrectly put my photograph at the front of where in my line.
32:59And so people have signed Ben Affleck's photograph by me. It's a keepsake. Yeah, I guess so. I'm rooting for in Secret Wars, you and Affleck, the two daredevils. That would be so cool. Come on. It would be so cool.
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34:26I mean, the irony is it's kind of fascinating. I haven't done the math, but you've probably played this character more than virtually any other MCU actor. Close to 80 hours. It's kind of amazing. What an opportunity. I mean, did you have like kind of like a guiding principle that's kind of staged true to you through all these different incarnations over the years? What's been your North Star for Matt Murdock, Daredevil, right from the beginning? What a great question.
34:55It was definitely got to be something to do with leaning... It was always something to do with leaning into the shortcomings. Lean into... If you're playing a superhero, lean into... I think what makes a superhero a superhero is not that they don't have the same challenges,
35:16specifically emotional challenges that other people do, it's just that they find a way to overcome them. So just lean into the things that you wouldn't necessarily identify with a superhero. So I really enjoy it. And Matt Murdock is a great opportunity with Matt Murdock for those things. But just lean into when he isn't his best self. when he loses his temper unnecessarily, when he goes too far, when he has a crisis of faith or something like that. Just lean into that stuff because I think that's what makes a superhero interesting is that they then find a way to bring themselves back from the brink, as it were.
35:56So, I mean, when the Netflix show ends, had you kind of reconciled that I had my run, if that's it, that's it? Yeah, 100%. Yeah, like we ended up, season three was a hit. We were supposed to go and do season four. They'd pitch me the season. We were, you know, a couple of months out. I turned down a couple of jobs, including a Matthew Vaughn job. And then suddenly the plug was pulled. But I was, I'm pretty, I've always been pretty practical minded in those situations. Like I'm always like, yeah, I'd rather do that than run it into the ground and end on a bad note kind of thing. So so when the call comes Was it a shock?
36:35Yeah, and meanwhile Vincent Didn't was we and Vincent would speak regularly and he'd be like no, they're definitely gonna come back And I would get off the phone and say to my wife guys delusional Like he's like he's gonna be in his 80s and he's gonna be still talking Okay, someone's got to say to him dude. Let it go. It's oh You know, but was he just manifesting was what he was right. He was obviously he was right He was like, there's no way the show, as popular as it was, as successful as it was, there's no way they're not going to do something with us. And I 100 % believed it was done and dusted.
37:11Partly because I had done Betrayal with Tom, 2019. The show was cancelled 2018. 2019 we did Betrayal. Kevin Feige comes to see the play because he's working with Tom and knows Tom very well. I didn't have a relationship with Kevin because he wasn't involved in the Netflix show. And when I went to go and say hello to him afterwards, he didn't mention it. and I to the point where I thought maybe he doesn't even know
37:35It's Kevin Feige The Marvel police are here Yes, so I thought I literally said to my wife like I don't think he realized it was me What I later found out when he did call me was that legally wasn't allowed to speak to me about it Wow Because there was a two-year embargo. Yeah, so I got a phone call June 10th of 2020 and I and from Kevin Feige And I thought it was a prank. And yeah, and he was like, let's, you know, we've got some ideas, are you interested? Did you have any concerns at that point that, you know, you dilute by putting it on the Disney platform that it's not gonna be, Daredevil is so part and parcel gritty and raw and extreme.
38:18Well, remember it was June 10th, 2020. So everyone was thinking, will I ever have a job ever again? Will I ever, so at that point But I was not worried. Yes, my creative concerns were not present. I was like, I'm there. Where? Where? Next week? Yes. But I have had this conversation, like this is public record, you kind of even alluded to it when I talked to Vincent D 'Onofrio, like that first season of Born Again was a tough one for you guys. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There was a major creative pivot that you guys had and Vincent told me, like, you guys were kind of brother in arms, like you were in lockstep, like, we need to tell Kevin and everybody like weren't you know we need to make some changes yeah we were I think we weren't it's it's a it's an odd one to talk about and I don't know what was going on you know behind the scenes it was there was an admirable effort to I think one of the things that people had discovered with when streaming came along everyone thought that the old model the network model of a kind of like a long-running procedural type show everyone thought when streaming came along that's going to die a death they're dinosaurs they're not going to they're not going to last and the truth is it's not the case people love those shows they're incredibly addictive they're really easy to watch they're very very well written it's very difficult to write a well-written procedural and um and kevin has actually since told me that that they they were looking at that model and saying we would like to have that kind of show on a streaming platform, on Disney+.
39:53And so they were looking like, you can see, thinking, what character do we have we can do that with? Well, we have a lawyer who's also already popular. And it made a lot of sense. I think once we got into production, it very quickly became apparent that the lessons we'd learned from the movie that we had got right in the show, we were now almost unlearning a little bit. And the character really does work best in a serialized platform, but also when it's darker and grittier and there's less tongue-in-cheeks, gritty, like levity. And also, correct me if I'm wrong, also connecting to the ensemble, the characters from the past of Foggy and Karen and honoring those relationships.
40:45Yes. Yeah. Yeah, and I always must say huge credit to Marvel and those guys because it takes a huge amount of courage and money to make a U-turn like that. A major one, yeah. We're indebted to them. And they really did listen to Vincent and I. So I assume most people have seen up until this point as we take this one more episode to go in this season. It's been a great season.
41:13Does this feel like, I don't know, expect you to rank the seasons or episodes, but does this feel like a true expression of the character that you kind of always hoped for in this season? What are you proud of that you've executed this season in Born Again? There's a sweet spot. There's always been for me a sweet spot with this character and this show where it's sophisticated, it's honest, it's as truthful as you can get for a superhero, but it has like a peppering of the Marvel magic, just a peppering of it. And that garnish, when you get the right amount of it, is a great sweet spot. And there's been moments throughout this, you know, the Netflix show and also other shows that we popped up in, there's been moments where I've thought, oh, we've really found it here, this little spot.
42:07I remember in season two of the Netflix show a roundabout the trial of Frank Castle and then Elektra shows up for the first time.
42:19You know, my memory of it is we're dealing with some very serious themes. We're talking about having uncomfortable conversations in a superhero show, but uncomfortable conversations about gun control and things like that. But we've just got this Marvel magic on it. And I think this season that we've done, Dario has managed to maintain, especially when we get to the end the last few episodes, has been able to maintain whatever that little pocket is, that tone. Dario, our amazing writer, showrunner, he's managed to be as consistent with that than anyone else in this season. Obviously from the start to the Netflix show through this season, the physicality, the fight scenes are epic.
43:03I mean, you must take a lot of pride in what you guys and the whole team have been able to execute. The famous Oners, which have now kind of become a signature in the show. And, I mean, you didn't have this kind of background prior to Daredevil. You weren't, like, necessarily action hero. At all, no. Right? Yeah. So, I mean, is there one that stands out? We could cite six different, like, one-er's iconic scenes from the show. What's the one that you look at and say, like, I nailed it, we nailed it. What do you take the most pride in from an action perspective? So, from a personal point of view, the prison fight in season three...
43:43...mainly because I had to and was able to do so much of it. And it's so long. I do and also the filming of that was such an event so production it's the only time in my career this ever happened production gave us a day off filming just to rehearse which when you try and explain that to the money men, the finances that's like you don't take a day off to rehearse but in order to get that right we took a day off to rehearse everyone showed up at the prison including the camera team and the sound department, everyone and we rehearsed for an entire day. And then we came back the next day and the plan was to shoot it.
44:22It's 11 and a half pages. So it's 11 and a half minutes. And on like the second or third take, it went really well. And everyone was like, huh. And we kind of watched it. We hadn't had lunch yet. And we kind of watched it. And there was a couple of moments that were not perfect, but you could get away with it. And so everyone was like, are we going home? Anyway, the decision was made that we can do better. And every time you go back for another take of any action sequence, you have to think about the risk of injury. It's like people get hurt. We're pushing our luck. Especially as you get more tired and blah, blah, blah.
45:01Anyway, we decided to do it again. We're going to go to lunch and we're going to come back and we're going to get an even better take. So we come back from lunch and then it's just not happening. It's not happening. But you can't quit now because you've told the story that there's a better version out there and we keep going we keep going anyway a couple things happen where hot to when you get to about oh no the take is 30 minutes when we get 11 minutes in there's a dialogue scene but it's still within the wanna right and it's with a russian guy who's in prison and he'd been amazing every day all day every day before that happens i'm grabbed by a huge guy and he his choreography is to get me in the room.
45:47There's no specific choreography. So I've said to him, I'm going to do everything I can to stop you getting me in the room, so you're going to have to get me in the room. It's the only way it's going to look real. What I didn't tell him is on the last take, I had found a way to hide some mouth blood in a bottle. I found a way to hide it in one of the cells so when it was over my shoulder, I could grab it, put it in my mouth and save it. But I didn't tell that guy that. And I didn't tell the actor. So, So, we then start doing this take and it's immediately, you can tell, this is it. It's going, everything's working perfectly.
46:21It's so exciting. It's so thrilling. We get, you know, we've passed all the tricky stuff. We're probably seven or eight, nine minutes in. We get to the point, the guy grabs me. I'm fighting like hell. He gets me into the room. He shoves me against the wall and I spit the blood out that he doesn't know is there. So all I hear so the cameras on my face as I've been against the wall like this And then it very slowly pans you hear his first line and then it's very slowly pans to him Right and his first line is why you hear what you know What do you who are you and what do you want or something like that?
46:57But as he throws against the wall all I hear is oh shit And then the camera starts to pan towards him and he goes, oh, what's my line? What's my line like that? And then luckily just before it gets there he goes, who are you and what do you want? So he saved the day. Yeah, yeah. Wow.
47:24I do love that. He's like also one of the only like superheroes that actually like you feel the effort like you like hear the grunts and the screams through the fights that's that's gotta be like you can kind of like be real about it too because it takes a real effort from you I'm sure you know and lean into the exhaustion right you know yeah so there's a lot of good news good news is that again as we tape this we have one more big episode to conclude season two of born again you're also knee deep in shooting the third season yeah
47:57A lot of photos out there already, a lot of things we can assume. It seems like the Defenders gang might be reteaming.
48:08Sorry? I have no idea who you're talking about. Yeah, I'm sorry. You don't even remember who the Defenders are? That's alarming. What can you say about Season 3? I don't expect you to spill it all, but what are you excited for folks to experience from the next one? Well at least I start off with a beard
48:30Yeah, nothing I don't know I can't say anything okay, I'm just always terrified of that question What do you feel I mean in terms of just a big picture like can you imagine playing Matt Murdock Daredevil in in five years in ten years? I mean you've already put in a long run like is there enough meat on the bone still with this character for you? Charles Sewell who's a wonderful comic book writer just released last year I think a new Daredevil run I think it's called I forget that I think it's called A Cold Day in Hell in which Matt Murdock I think is in his late 60s, 70s so I and Charles sent me sent it to me and I read it and I was like I mean it's and it's so it's wonderful it's so beautiful but I was like well there you go That buys me another 20 years.
49:22And we did kind of like joke about it earlier, obviously it does seem obviously being part of the MCU now and we've gotten to see you with Peter Parker and She-Hulk, etc. and now with Secret Wars and Doomsday, it does feel like there's opportunity. I mean, again, I don't expect you to spill anything, but like the idea of getting to interact with more and more characters in this universe must be really thrilling. Yes, I mean, yes. Marvel have kind of been clear with me, for now at least, that I'm focusing on the show. That's our focus. That really is the truth. What does Vincent say? Because he knows the future.
49:57Yes, exactly. Exactly. Yeah, I should go to him. Yeah, and it's one of the things that obviously is the fans of the MCU love it when the characters kind of clash. So we'll see. But right now, I'm certainly focused on our show. Again, having played this character so much, you must act as his greatest advocate. Do you feel like you sometimes have that role on set? And I would imagine, as the years go by, having more creative input, you're defending, knowing what you do about the character in the comics. My Matt Murdock, my Daredevil would or wouldn't do this. Do you find yourself in that position?
50:37I very rarely find that I'm put in that position. Like the process that we go through. I mean, and the writers and the creators are so strong. The material we're getting is so good. But I will, I mean, on the way over here, I was reading two scripts and I messaged Dario as I read them, said, these are great, it was so exciting. This scene is gonna be iconic, blah, blah, blah, whatever it is. And then I'll find time to get on the phone with him and there'll be cadences that I don't, I'm just not sure that Matt Murdock quite speaks in that rhythm. But we're talking about minor details. But those are the details, those little nuances, bizarrely as minor as they can seem to me, they are really important.
51:23And I know they are for Vincent as well. I love it when we come up with little ideas, Matt Murdock things that have come from us because we've embodied the characters for so long. A lot of the stuff actually is not so much dialogue. It's actually like, they'll write a scene and I'll have an idea about that scene. I'll give you an example. In the end of episode eight of Born Again season one, right before, when Frank Castle is in my apartment. So I shop back at my apartment and he's already there. and the way it was written was I walk in and I say and he says something to me and I walk in and he speaks to me right and on the day I said to them look I think it's fun I know he's in my apartment from two or three blocks away and he knows that I know he's in my apartment from two or three blocks away so I said why don't because we know that as the characters why don't we delay the gratification for the audience so why don't you have me walk into an empty apartment seemingly sit down and then seemingly say to no one what you know couldn't you have knocked or whatever the line is i don't remember it is and then reveal him and that's a very matt murdoch thing that wasn't on the page but it was like an idea that came because we know the characters so well big picture speaking like where are your ambitions outside of daredevil keeps you quite busy it's it's a big time commitment but like theater film tv a type of role like what are you chasing at this point outside of the marvel honestly fatherhood yeah like is is like as much time as possible uh with with my kiddos um and this job bizarrely is actually wonderful for that because although i'm away during the week a lot um it really does give me the freedom to to to not work for the second half of the year if I don't want to or if it's not something that I can figure out around my family.
53:32So that, I've got young children, I'm acutely aware. Did you ever see that interview or that clip with,
53:41I told you this is behind stage, I'm terrible with names. With Better Call Saul. Oh, Bob Oden. Bob Oden, yes. Did you see, have you ever seen this clip where he did a podcast and they asked him, Who do you envy? And his answer is, anyone with young children still in the house. I did hear that. Yes. Yes. That was the happiest time in his life. Yeah. And I'm lucky in that I'm not missing it. I'm acutely aware of how wonderful it is. Yeah. And it just makes me want to not miss a single second of it, you know. It's pretty cool. I also said this backstage. It's pretty cool having a six-year-old boy who's obsessed with superheroes and has just discovered that his dad is one.
54:23That's pretty cool. I was actually saying, like, I was having a conversation.
54:30I was having a conversation in the car with my children this morning on the way to a soccer game, and they were asking me about when is the job going to end, when I'm going to be home, whatever they were asking. And they said, you know, when, you know, and are you going to do Daredevil again next year? I can't remember what the conversation was, but I eventually ended up saying, look, you know, at some point it will come to an end. I won't always be this character. And my son went, what? He was absolutely horrified. Stop the car, Dad. We have to talk about this. And then the next thing he goes, but what am I going to tell Alex?
55:08So, yeah, so that's the first thing. But outside of that, I'd love to do some more theatre. I'd love to do some more theatre here. and I'd love to kind of the early part of my career was movies and then transitioned into television I've been recently doing in my off season I've been doing a few films here and there and it would be great to transition back into that a little bit I think Excellent, excellent Well keep doing Daredevil, don't disappoint Alex No, sure, exactly We end Happy Second Fuse with the profoundly random questions. You ready for this, Charlie? Yeah. Okay, here we go. Who wrote them?
55:52They're mine. Blame me. Dogs or cats? Dogs. Are you a current dog owner? Yep. Okay, we have lots of I've always been a dog guy. Multiple? Certain kinds? Certain breed? What's your... All different breeds. We currently have a Border Terrier and I always wanted one. And we never had one until this time. So, yeah. What do you collect, if anything? What do I collect? Well, I used to collect DVDs. Well, I started with VHS and then DVDs. I still have them. The actual collection is somewhere? When I lived in a small London apartment, I made a terrible decision of removing them from the cases. I did the same thing.
56:40They're in sleeves. I know. And it's funny because we were talking about when I did the Kevin McCarthy podcast. Yes. And he said to me, do you still watch them? And I said, yes. But it does slightly depend on how much it is to rent the movie. Because if it's$3.99, I've got to go. I'm with you. I've been there. But I do have DVDs. I don't think it's something else. Do you have a favorite video game of all time? Yeah, I'm not a video game guy either. Okay. But it would be Donkey Kong. Classic. The Dakota Johnson memorial question, she asked me this, I ask everybody, would you rather have a mouthful of bees or one bee in your butt?
57:27One bee in my butt is funnier. Wait, can I ask you these as well? I'm happy to. I'm a one bee in the butt kind of guy. I think we're at that stage in the relationship. And collectibles? Movie posters, I'm on brand. What do you think? What's the wallpaper on your phone? Oh, it's a plant. I don't know what plant. Interesting. Yeah. How'd that happen? You like the plant? Yeah, and then I just wanted something different and I don't know how I got there. I don't quite know how I got there. Family's overrated, just I'm going to do a plant. Yeah, but it's just a leaf. It's a leafy plot. It's weird. It's fine.
58:15I don't know how I got there. And I'm not 100 % sure I know how to change it. There's the real answer. Who's the last actor you were mistaken for? Oh.
58:30I think Rob Patterson. I think that's happened a couple of times. Yeah. I mean, another brooding superhero. It has happened. I'll tell you who it used to happen a lot with. Rupert Friend. Oh, yeah. Yeah, it happened a couple of times with Rupert Friend. If you could trade places, if you could be Batman instead of Daredevil, would you take that deal? No. No, Batman's cool. I mean, two of the coolest. Batman's cool, but... But? But, he's got a cloak. Damn capes, yeah. And also, he can't move his neck. What's that about? Yeah, they haven't figured that out yet. Well, none of them. They can't figure out how to move the neck.
59:09What's the worst note a director has ever given you? The worst note? Well, it's not a director, but I did get told in an audition once, in an audition, it said in the script, he weeps or something. And the casting at that point where he's supposed to cry, it was very hard to cry, the cast it just went.
59:37Like it's a button you can press or something. And in the spirit of Happy Second Fuse, who's an actor you see on screen that always makes you happy? You're in a better mood as soon as you see them. On screen? Yeah. Jim Carrey.
59:56A movie that makes you sad. Can you answer that one as well? So many. I mean, we were talking backstage, sad, no, we lost Gene Hackman. I mean, he's my all-time favorite, maybe. Movie that makes you sad? Sports movies. That's the movies that, yeah, like, I will cry. Rudy or a... 100%, and I'm not even an American football guy, you know, what you guys call football. I'm not an American football guy, but, yeah, any sports movie, you name it, like, Rocky, you know, Rudy, any given Sunday, you know, just you name it. Sports movies get me every single time. You asked Pacino to give the speech, the locker room speech, when you worked with him?
1:00:34It's so good, isn't it? It's so good. And finally, a food that makes you confused, Charlie. You don't understand it. Why do people eat this?
1:00:46Oh, um... What's that thing? What's the thing? Is it like in sushi? I love sushi. What? No, I like wasabi. Is it uni? Someone else just told me uni recently. This came up. Yeah. What is that? Yeah. What is that? With sea urchins, technically. And also, people are real foodies are like, well, you don't really love food if you don't eat, you know. Right, right. Oh. Yeah. It tastes so wrong. I wish I could remember. Yes, literally, like, one of the last guests on this show mentioned uni. There is a hate of uni going around. I also, I'm one of those people that if I eat coriander, I taste soap. Oh, one of them, yeah.
1:01:23Yeah. Yeah, I got you. Okay, okay. We'll get it out of your goodie bag on the way out. What's your food one? Beets, not a beets guy. I don't mind cooked beets. Can't do it in any form, I'm sorry. Really? This is where the friendship ends here tonight. No, I've had a blast getting to know you tonight. Likewise, thank you. I've wanted to do this for a long while. Daredevil, Born Again, Disney Plus, one more episode and another season to come. Check it out, spread the good word. Everybody, Charlie Cox, everybody. Thank you. That was so fun, I really appreciate you. Thank you. And so ends another edition of Happy, Sad, Confused.
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Nobody can question the perfect casting of Charlie Cox as Matt Murdoch aka Daredevil now but it wasn't so long before that opportunity came that Charlie was questioning his career and pondering another job to support himself. Charlie joins Josh at this live taping at the 92nd Street Y to talk about all of it, his big break in STARDUST, his friendship (including a surprise appearance via video message!) with Tom Hiddleston, and why he wouldn't trade Daredevil for Batman.
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