| CaptainExplosion said: Jon Brenthal is my favorite Punisher so far. I hope he comes back as Punisher in the MCU, especially if he's forced to be in a crossover with Deadpool. XD |
Will they let him be as ruthless as he needs to be to see that character done right, though (we already saw how much Kingpin was "nerfed" for the MCU "proper" in Hawkeye)? Sure, we have Deadpool 3 which they said they weren't gonna mess with and Jon Bernthal DID make his desires for the character known (good on him for doing that BTW, just like Ryan Reynolds did for Fox handling Deadpool), but Moon Knight was the closest thing we got to all-out adult fare in the MCU (outside of the Netflix shows if you want to count them) and it's still nowhere near dark OR brutal enough for Frank Castle (seriously). The talking hippo and Kate Bishop shock charge device for taking down Fisk won't cut it for an MCU Punisher movie and/or D+ series.
Bernthal was 100% spot-on when he said:
Jon Bernthal says he's only going to return as #ThePunisher if they do it right. "Like I said before, it’s not about whether you do the character; it’s about whether you can do it right, and I’m only interested in doing it right," he said. (Via: @THR) pic.twitter.com/HV4VQOXKI0
— Binge Watch This (@BingeWatchThis_) December 3, 2021
I'm more and more warming up to Blade and DareDevil being dialed back for the MCU, but Punisher NEEDS to be R (he's the big bad Punisher for God's sake). It's simple really: just have Bernthal show up in a post-credits scene of Deadpool 3 and show up Wade like only he can and fans will get the heads up with it being a Disney movie. You can even have Jon drop a 4th wall red band joke promoting his next "adventure" or something since that's his thing.
