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Seems we can stop wiggling our pinkies in the direction of Marvel – they, according to one of the stars of Netflix’s recently cancelled “Daredevil”, had nothing to do with the demise of any of the recently-canned superhero series on the streaming network.
Amy Rutberg, who plays Marci, Foggy Nelson’s love interest, says the decision to end “Daredevil” was made purely by Netflix.
“My contacts at Marvel were very surprised”, the actress tells Inverse. “Any of the rumors that it was a Marvel decision are wrong, I think it was purely a Netflix decision. That comes from personal conversations with people high up at Marvel. They were surprised. We had heard rumors we would start production [on the fourth season] as early as February 2019. It’s a little unusual to be that far ahead in the planning and cancel the show, which makes me think Netflix was laboring over whether or not to cancel it. My guess was it was not an easy decision.”
Actors on “Daredevil” and other axed series “Iron Fist” and “Luke Cage” were all under the assumption they’d be employed for five seasons, at least.
Most uttered suggestion is that Disney wanted the Marvel characters back so they could use them on their upcoming Disney+ service.
In the case of “Daredevil”, Rutberg would not be able to immediately begin work on a new incarnation of the series if Disney/Marvel wanted to do it.
“There is this very real contract with Netflix. I had heard 18 months, maybe it’s 2 years. I suppose it’s possible that Marvel could buy them out, but I have not heard so much as a whisper.”
