The star behind one of Daredevil: Born Again‘s most tragic characters addressed the show’s most gut-wrenching moment ahead of the Season 2 finale. The actor revealed the surprising behind-the-scenes decision that sealed his character’s fate and pointed to the one person now perfectly positioned to carry that unfinished story into Season 3.
Michael Gandolfini on how Daniel’s story could continue in Daredevil: Born Again
Michael Gandolfini recently spoke to Collider about Daniel Blake’s death in Daredevil: Born Again Season 2. Daniel dies in Episode 7 after realizing Wilson Fisk crossed a moral line. He chooses to protect BB and sends her away out of love for her.
Gandolfini identifies one confession as the turning point for Daniel’s arc in the season. He highlights the line where Daniel tells BB about burying a body with Buck. “It’s not just Fisk and Buck. It’s me too. I went out, and I buried a body with Buck, and I wish I didn’t know I did that,” Gandolfini recalls. That moment marks when Daniel fully grasps how far he has fallen.
The actor explains that Daniel’s death works because it lacks any neat resolution or closure. Gandolfini notes that Daniel dies “in the middle of all of the stuff” without finishing anything. He points out that no relationship in Daniel’s life receives a proper goodbye. His final scene with BB plays as a departure rather than a farewell.
Gandolfini reveals that the decision to kill Daniel actually came during post-production of Season 2. He originally filmed scenes for Episode 8 but felt Daniel’s direction seemed unclear afterward. “When I got the call a couple of months later, and they said, ‘Hey, we decided, actually, he dies there,’ it was like, yeah, that’s right,” he shares.
Looking ahead, Gandolfini hopes BB carries Daniel’s death into Season 3 as motivation. He describes Genneya Walton’s character as sitting at the epicenter of Fisk’s brutality now. “I really hope they take advantage of that because that is something that really has kind of a fire lit under her now with his death,” Gandolfini says.
Originally reported by Anubhav Chaudhry on SuperHeroHype.
