The lead in the forthcoming Netflix TV series Daredevil has been announced as Charlie Cox, known for his performances in Boardwalk Empire and the movie Stardust.
Netflix is partnering with Marvel on a series of TV series featuring characters from their comic book universe, and Daredevil is the first, whose titular character is blinded by a radioactive substance which also enhances all his other senses. He's had a movie outing already in 2003 with Ben Affleck as Daredevil, but it was one of the less well-received entries in the Marvel canon.
Cox was almost unknown when he was cast as the young male lead in Stardust, the 2007 fantasy film starring Clare Danes and Robert De Niro. Following a period of relatively minor parts, he then played Irish hitman Owen Slater in two seasons of the acclaimed HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire. He's currently working on Dracula Untold, an origins story about the man who becomes Dracula, also starring Luke Evans and Dominic Cooper.
Following this Daredevil series on Netflix will be ones based around the characters Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage. They join Agents of SHIELD and the forthcoming Agent Carter TV series on the ABC network, which spin off from the central Avengers characters – all part of a Marvel masterplan which will see numerous films and shows over the next 15 years.
