Daredevil has been horning its way into every home in the country, and now it’s finally forking here, on The B-Movies Podcast! On this week’s very special bonus episode, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold welcome Daredevil executive producer Steven S. DeKnight onto the program to discuss all the juicy behind the scenes details and daring creative decisions that went into making the first Marvel Studios series on Netflix. It’s an hour-long, in depth interview for Daredevil fans everywhere, but fair warning: here there be spoilers.
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Find out more about why they ran through so many Daredevil suits, the pervasive influence of The Wire, how they fixed/ruined Hell’s Kitchen, how they got away with scenes of horrific violence, how they pulled off that incredible one-shot fight sequence in episode two, what scene from Daredevil is a tribute to the 1950 crime classic Gun Crazy, why Marvel Studios insisted on Ben Urich’s fate in the series, what message the makers of Daredevil were trying to send about internet journalism, why Matt Murdock doesn’t have a serious love interest in the first season of the show, why we never learn more about Wesley’s relationship with Wilson Fisk, whether Karen Page’s destiny is the same on the show as it is in the comics, and the origin of the instantly iconic “ill intent” speech!
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Why was it okay to show a bloody stump? You’ll find out on The B-Movies Podcast Presents: Steven S. DeKnight! Follow the show on Twitter at @BMoviesPodcast, and follow your hosts at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, follow Steven S. DeKnight at @StevenDeKnight, and don’t forget to subscribe for free on iTunes for more free movie news, reviews, exclusive commentary tracks and exclusive interviews on The B-Movies Podcast. And don’t forget that Daredevil is still available on Netflix for all your binge-watching needs.
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William Bibbiani is the editor of CraveOnline’s Film Channel and the host of The B-Movies Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani.
