“NECK DEEP IN BLOOD AND GUTS…”

Jon Bernthal Frank Castle is

how does this show build on Daredevil season two?

I’m enormously grateful to Charlie [Cox] and the creative team at Marvel and Netflix for the

launching pad that they gave the character. They really concentrated on the character right, in his emotional reeling from the unbelievably traumatic event that comes to define him going forward. The character that was portrayed on Daredevil season two was sort of the origin tale of how this guy became the Punisher, why he put on the vest. With this show they’re going back before any of that and after that, so it’ll be somewhat loose with chronology. Steve [Lightfoot] is really trying to dig in a little bit deeper about who and why.

what attracted you to this character?

It’s something that comes right out of the comic books where he’s constantly examining himself. His self-loathing just grows deeper and deeper. There’s always this question of “Why am I behaving the way that I am? Who am I?” It’s the central question to this character. “Is this traumatic event making me who I am or was I always this person? Is Frank Castle that father from the suburbs who was happy raising his kids and coaching his son and playing guitar with his daughter? Is that the happy Frank Castle or is the happy Frank Castle the man who gets to be neck-deep in blood and guts?” Those are the kind of questions that I hope that we’re digging into this season.

what physical preparation does it take to play the Punisher?

Doughnuts and pizza.