Vincent D’Onofrio had a distinguished career that extended over four decades, during which time he appeared in a wide variety of roles. In 1987, he made his debut in the military drama “Full Metal Jacket,” directed by Stanley Kubrick. Since then, he has starred in a variety of films and television shows, including “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” and “Jurassic World.” D’Onofrio’s most recent film, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” which is presently playing in cinemas, tells the narrative of the rise and fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. In the film, D’Onofrio plays the role of Jerry Falwell Sr., an ultra-conservative televangelist.
On the other hand, D’Onofrio’s performance as Wilson Fisk, often known as Kingpin, in the series “Daredevil” on Netflix is perhaps one of his most well-liked roles. The Netflix series “Daredevil” is an adaptation of the Marvel comic book of the same name. It tells the life of Matt Murdock, who is blind and works as a lawyer by day and a masked vigilante at night. Fisk, a prominent New York City businessman who is striving to dominate the lawless underbelly of the city, is one of his most formidable opponents. Fisk is one of his most formidable foes.
It is a part that D’Onofrio has long shown excitement for, even to the point of recently stoking rumors on Twitter that the character may make a cameo in Hawkeye. But what are the actor’s true thoughts on the possibility of playing the role again? Looper had the opportunity to speak with D’Onofrio in an exclusive interview on what it was like to portray such a villain and where the situation is in terms of a prospective revival of the show.
The role of Daredevil was a lot of fun for Vincent D’Onofrio.
D’Onofrio has said that he hopes to reprise his role as Wilson Fisk aka Kingpin in a future episode of “Daredevil.” “I’ve made it no secret that it was a tremendously enjoyable part to play and that I want to play it again eventually,” he said of the role. “To have a career like that in this day and age is quite advantageous. Both Marvel and Disney are part of a very impressive organization. Because you never know what Marvel is going to do next, all I can do is keep my fingers crossed that I will [someday be asked to participate in another project]. I really have no idea. I guess what I’m saying is that I’d be very interested in learning more about that character.”
D’Onofrio acknowledges that one of the reasons why it was so enjoyable for him to portray the role of Fisk was because Marvel provided him a lot of creative leeway to shape the character.
D’Onofrio states, “I had a fairly wonderful time working on ‘Daredevil,’” and I agree. “The folks who worked at Marvel had a lot of original ideas and were really creative, and the character was just the type of person I would want to read about. They made him a very long time ago, but I had complete freedom to… When I approached Jeph Loeb, who was running Marvel Television at the time, he was quite receptive to the idea of my delivering what I believed to be necessary for the character.”
He is interested in gaining a more in-depth understanding of Kingpin.
Another factor was the character himself, who, like many Marvel antagonists, had a dual nature that is allowed to be explored in the film.
D’Onofrio has the opinion that “He’s a fascinating character.” “But even in the comics, they always portrayed his life as a very emotional life like everybody else’s, even though he was shown as this gigantic, famous evil man at the same time. He was a tremendously big baddie in the comics, but even in the comics, they did this. The fact that it contains a dichotomy is one of my favorite aspects of the passage, which is why I found it so fascinating. I mean, in whatever tale that has ever been told about that character throughout Marvel’s history, he has always remained one of the most intriguing villains, at least to my way of thinking. To put it another way, that is how I see it.”
D’Onofrio does not directly answer the question of whether he would want to be invited to play a new character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe or to reprise his role as Fisk in another capacity. “I don’t have nightmares of being in this or that or the other thing,” he adds. “I just get up and go about my day.” “I look at it as, even if it never happens again, we had a wonderful series in ‘Daredevil’ for three seasons, and that’s something we should be thankful for. That will always be a happy memory for me.”