Vincent D'Onofrio: Wilson Fisk's Movie Rights Complicate Daredevil: Born Again

It turns out our favorite Hell's Kitchen villain, Wilson Fisk, portrayed by Vincent D’Onofrio, is off-limits for the big screen, as confirmed by D’Onofrio himself in a recent interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast with Josh Horowitz.

"The only thing I know is not positive," D’Onofrio stated. "It's a very hard thing to do, for Marvel to use my character. It's a very hard thing to do because of ownership and stuff."

He elaborated, "I’m only usable for television shows. Not even a one-off Wilson Fisk movie. It’s all caught up in rights and stuff. I don’t know when that would work out — or if it ever would work out at all."

This revelation seems to rule out D’Onofrio's portrayal of Fisk appearing in any Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, including the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Avengers: Doomsday. This could potentially impact any future plans for a Charlie Cox-led Daredevil movie, where D’Onofrio's presence as the villain would be expected.

In a recent interview with IGN, D’Onofrio discussed the influence of actors like Harrison Ford on his portrayal of Fisk. "Anytime they were in a fight, or they were holding a gun, they looked nervous," he explained. "They carried their own humility into the action scenes with them. And I always thought that that was the way to go. That made it look real to me. Gary Cooper in Sergeant York, when he takes aim, when he becomes the sniper, it's the humility in his eyes that you see. It's amazing. I think that helps action stuff a lot. We're all very conscious of that."

Season 1 of Daredevil: Born Again is currently airing week-to-week on Disney+ and is set to conclude with its finale on April 15, 2025.