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Charlie Cox has revealed one of Marvel's great what-ifs after confirming Loki actor Tom Hiddleston was set to jump behind the camera for the first season of Daredevil: Born Again.
"The first season of Born Again, before the strike, was going to be 18 episodes. Tom was going to direct one of the episodes," Cox said during an appearance on Happy Sad Confused.
"One of the great losses on the back half of that original season. Even though the changes that were made to that show were needed, necessary, and made it much better, but he was going to direct episode 12 or something."
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Cox, who reprised his role as Matt Murdock/Daredevil in Spider-Man: No Way Home and She-Hulk before returning in Born Again, added, "We were already on the phone collaborating, we had ideas."
For the unaware, Marvel Studios originally greenlit an 18-episode first season of Daredevil: Born Again that would have largely steered clear of the character's Netflix history – even forgoing the likes of Foggy Nelson and Karen Page for a new cast of characters.
However, the direction quickly changed after the removal of the original writers and directors. Dario Scardapane was introduced as showrunner, making a series of narrative changes and reshooting footage for Daredevil: Born Again's reworked first season. The second season – which has been largely better received – is the first season working solely from Scardapane and his team's creative plans.
Hiddleston, who has maintained a years-long friendship with Cox, has never directed but has served as a producer on both Loki and The Night Manager.
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