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Nick Venable

Vincent D'Onofrio Doubles Down On Badass Comic Hero He Wants To Play After The MCU's Kingpin, And It Doesn't Seem That Impossible

Vincent D'Onofrio's Kingpin wearing Hawaiian shirt in Hawkeye series

In the annals of MCU villains, one of the most celebrated made his mark long before his inclusion within the canonical Phases was even considered official. I speak, of course, of Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk, whose consistently low-key demeanor belies his hyper-vicious and deadly personality. Following his Marvel Studios debut in Disney+’s Hawkeye and the upcoming spinoff Echo, D’Onofrio will be reteaming with Charlie Cox within the cast of Daredevil: Born Again. And though the actor has teased that the new show is being set up for multiple seasons, he already knows exactly what his next comic book adaptation would be in an ideal world: Swamp Thing.

To be sure, Vincent D’Onofrio hasn’t exactly been secretive about his desire to play the organic and tortured DC hero, as it was only in April when he appreciated someone else fan-casting him in the role of Alec Holland. But when he appeared over the weekend at Fan Expo Dallas’ 2023 event, for a panel Q&A opposite Charlie Cox, D’Onofrio doubled down on his desire to go green, so to speak, for DC. The moderator hadn’t even finished the question about other characters when the actor answered with:

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