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Marvel Kingpin actor Vincent D’Onofrio says that every writer has their own take on Wilson Fisk, and he has to make them knit together
The Kingpin contradicts himself? He is large, he contains multitudes - but Vincent D’Onofrio is here to try to make it all make sense
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We like to think of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a coherent and cohesive continuity that spans decades of television and film, but in reality, it’s the product of different directors and different writers with their own vision. For example, a producer writing a scene with Kingpin for the 2015 Daredevil Netflix series might have a different take on the character than someone directing a scene with the villain for a 2024 episode of Echo.
It works because we tell ourselves it works, and because Marvel execs like Kevin Feige try to iron out the discrepancies when they can. However, when so many executives, directors, and writers handle the same character for over a decade, there is bound to be some contradictions. Vincent D’Onofrio, who has been playing the Kingpin since the 2015 Daredevil Netflix series does his best to weave all the versions of the character together, even if he has to make script suggestions himself.
“I rewrite them,” D’Onofrio admitted during a panel at GalaxyCon Nashville 2026. “My favorite writers will always be Steven DeKnight and Erik Oleson. But [Dario Scardapane] wrote a hell of a season in the second season of Born Again, so he’s pretty amazing himself. [Charlie Cox] and I have been doing the characters for a long time now, and we’re really into those characters, and the way they behave and what makes them interesting and doing new things with them.”
He continued, “It’s the same character in new circumstances. We’re always lobbying for that, and that helps me with the execution of that character to stay similar in a way that tracks from the original show through Echo, Hawkeye, and now Born Again.”
Daredevil: Born Again is streaming on Disney+.
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