That Big ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Death Was Changed After Filming

InnovationGamingThat Big ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Death Was Changed After FilmingByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorApr 29, 2026, 09:13am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Daredevil: Born Again (it's not her)MarvelI am at least mildly annoyed with Daredevil: Born Again after last night’s episode in a season I have otherwise loved. It took a left turn and killed off a character it shouldn’t have, and now, we hear that wasn’t even the original plan. Spoilers follow.In the final moments of the episode, Fisk thug Buck Cashman shoots Daniel Blake in the head after he helps BB escape, even after he learns she’s behind anti-Fisk propaganda based on leaks she often stole straight from him after gaining his trust. Cashman reluctantly beats down Daniel to find out where BB is, but he purposefully doesn’t even know. He’s defiant until his last breath, and Cashman, normally a pretty cold-blooded hitman, is emotional as he shoots him dead.This wasn’t the original plan. They actually shot an alternate scene where Buck Cashman spares Daniel, tells him to run, and then has to explain the entire thing to Fisk later, lying to him that he killed Daniel. Here’s showrunner Dario Scardapane explaining the original plan to Variety:“The way that it would have gone is that he stayed in the Fisk administration,” he says. “He goes in to resign and the new interim mayor is like, ‘I’m not taking your resignation. I’m going to keep you close because I don’t trust you.'”However, it was decided that it was “so wrong” and it didn’t “feel like the story was earned.” The idea was that they didn’t want to kill off Michael Gandolfini’s Daniel because they liked the character so much, but in the end, they edited in the execution gunshot in post-production to...