Kingpin Wears Daredevil-Era Costume In Hawkeye Deleted Scene

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A deleted scene from Marvel’s Hawkeye series has surfaced online, giving fans another look at Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin, this time in an attire that harkens back to Netflix’s Daredevil. D’Onofrio first mastered the iconic comic-book villain in the 2015 series, which later launched a small web of Defenders spin-offs. With the Netflix Marvel shows axed in 2018 and the MCU’s new Disney+ shows like Loki and WandaVision filling their void, many fans feared they’d never see the critically acclaimed versions of those characters again. Recently, however, Phase 4 of the MCU has begun to slowly weave Daredevil’s characters into the canon of the movies, resulting in Fisk’s guest appearance in Hawkeye Episode 6.

The fearsome Kingpin made a surprise comeback in the final episode of the MCU series, where he was revealed to be the adopted uncle of Echo and the crime lord behind the Tracksuit mafia. Having ditched his monochrome suits, Fisk was sporting a new Hawaiian look pulled directly from the comics. While seemingly dealt with in the closing minutes of the finale, fans remain optimistic that they haven’t seen the last of Kingpin yet.

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Now, weeks after the conclusion of Hawkeye, a series of deleted scenes released on Disney+ Hotstar have found their way online, adding depth to a number of side-plots and characters. One such scene, shared on Twitter by @MarcLeStrange1, shows an interaction between Fisk and Vera Farmiga’s Eleanor Bishop that feels like it came straight out of Daredevil season 1. Eleanor is seen in a flashback visiting Fisk for a dinner meeting, where Kingpin appears as his usual, intimidating self, donning a recognizable black suit that harkens back to his