We are edging closer to the released of Marvel’s Daredevil Season 2 on Netflix, and today they have released the first promo photos of ‘The Punisher‘ and ‘Elektra‘! Check out the photos courtesy of EntertainmentWeekly, and share your thoughts AFTER THE JUMP!
Bernthal conveys an unstoppable menace for The Punisher and sports a relatively anonymous non-flashy costume at the outset of the season (photo above) that allows him more freedom of movement around New York than Daredevil. Watching him stalk his prey, you’re reminded a bit of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the first Terminator. The actor says he felt plenty of pressure to get this character right. ”People have been coming up to me on the streets of New York saying, ‘Do not mess this up,’” says Bernthal, who for months walked alone to the Daredevil set across the Brooklyn Bridge to help get into Castle’s isolated and joyless headspace. “This character has resonated with law enforcement and military. He’s brought the war home with him in the worst possible way. And the best thing about him is that if he offends you, he just doesn’t care.”
Daredevil season 2 will have more sex as well. While the first season was relatively chaste, season 2 will get steamier as Matt gets closer to Karen (Deborah Ann Woll) and then his old college girlfriend resurfaces. You know, Elektra (Elodie Yung), which introduces another antihero into the mix, one that’s very different from the Jennifer Garner big screen version.
“Matt’s a deeply moral complicated guy and she’s just the best bad girlfriend you can possibly have,” Petrie says. “She does everything wrong and attractive, she’s his id, the wild side. Matt is always taming his wild side. Elektra just lets it out. He’s both repulsed and deeply drawn to that.”
However, the show will be less dark than the first season in one respect — literally. Season 1 had rooms that were sometimes so dimly lit that fans were squinting at their TVs, whereas there’s more clarity this time around. “It will still be dark, but we’ve added more layers,” Petrie says.
