Elektra will feature in Netflix's 'Daredevil' Season 2
A Dangerous Love Interest for Matt Murdoch
By Alex Burns
Following the news that Jon Bernthal will be playing the Punisher in the next season of Netflix's "Daredevil" we've now got confirmation that another deadly and morally ambiguous Marvel character will be joining season 2, Elektra! Full name Elektra Natchios, the character was created by Frank Miller and debuted in Daredevil #168 way back in 1981. Fans got a real kick out of Elektra being mentioned in passing by Elden Henson’s Foggy Nelson in the first season and the lethal assassin will be making her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut proper come 2016 when the second season premiers.
Marvel have also announced who will play the role and the part has gone to G.I. Joe: Retaliation and District 13: Ultimatum star Elodie Yung!
“After a worldwide search, we found in Elodie the perfect actress to embody both Elektra’s impressive and deadly physicality, as well as her psychological complexity,” says Executive Producer and Head of Marvel Television, Jeph Loeb. “Paired with Charlie as Matt Murdock, the two will bring one of the most beloved and tumultuous comic book relationships to life with all the accompanying sparks and spectacular action sequences the show is known for.”
Along with the casting announcement Marvel also teased the Elektra we can expect in the series “a mysterious woman from Matt Murdock’s past whose dangerous and exotic ways may be more than he can handle.”
Yung has certainly got the action chops and looks to pull of the character and we can't wait to see her match up against Charlie Cox's Daredevil on screen. So we've got Daredevil, Elektra and the Punisher all in one show, that's pretty insane and shows just how much Marvel is committing to this series just as much as it's big screen movies. Any one have any thoughts on who else might appear? Bullseye perhaps? Let us know in the comments and remember for everything superhero keep it locked here at Cape and Cowl.
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