Netflix’s The Defenders to finally teach Daredevil the value of teamwork

Anyway, Charlie Cox thinks Matt’s lunkheaded “better off alone” sickness is going to receive a strong dose of teamwork medicine. During a panel at Wizard World in Chicago this past weekend, the actor talked about how Daredevil’s presence in the upcoming superhero team-up series The Defenders will alter the character’s understanding of his mission. “Going into The Defenders, Matt is gonna have to learn he needs help,” says the actor, in a video of the panel posted online by YouTuber ChristineDoesCons. “He can’t do all this alone, and maybe some teamwork is gonna be beneficial. So, whatever lessons he learns in The Defenders will then play into—I think—season three.”

Given how little we—or the cast, as it turns out, if you watch the whole thing—know about the third season of Daredevil, Cox’s comments are mostly based on how throughly each Netflix show set in the MCU has thus far managed to integrate and balance every other series. Making sure the timelines, plots, and events from each separate show play out and are felt in the others is reportedly a major concern, and Cox says it’s “really cool” how studiously the showrunners are keeping all that clear behind the scenes. Of course, he also says the only famous person he’d be willing to wait in a long Wizard World-style line to meet is Nelson Mandela, so clearly the guy’s ideas about priorities are all out of whack.