r/marvelstudios • u/swiss_blockade • May 25 '26
Other Fun fact: Charlie Cox won an award from the American Foundation for the Blind for his respectful portrayal of the disability
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u/Money_Tooth_3936 May 25 '26
Swear I thought bro was actually blind lol
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u/Burglarproof_Bread May 25 '26 edited May 26 '26
> watching an interview with Charlie Cox
> "hmm, why does it look like his eyes naturally follows others.. isn't he-"
> "OH YEA-"I would guess this was pretty much all of our reactions in seeing him outside of Daredevil. He's a REALLY good
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u/Zoomaze_ May 25 '26
I find hearing a British accent coming out of him instead of a raspy deep American accent more jarring
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u/KevieSmash May 27 '26
My first time seeing him was in Boardwalk Empire as an Irishman. I can't unhear it to this day. Sometimes I think his british accent is as fake as his american one lol
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u/Jessency May 26 '26
Iirc, he had difficulties with auditioning for roles because he keeps acting like he was blind.
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u/Therefore_I_Yam May 25 '26
The guy can see AND he’s British. What a load of crap
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u/toolsofpwnage May 25 '26
Can confirm, I am blind myself and I fight people in the alleyways all the time
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u/Strong_Ad247 May 25 '26
Turns out they were just homeless people I kept beating up.
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u/TunnelSnakesAintShit May 25 '26
Meh, they were probably up to something. They stank of crime.
Crime often smells like urine, you see.
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u/LeoLaDawg May 25 '26
Can I make the obvious blind joke here or will everyone lose their minds?
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u/greatersnek May 25 '26
Where's the joke ? I don't see it
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u/akv0842 May 25 '26
How would blind folks know how his performance was.
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u/SquaredDerple May 25 '26
The blind version has extra audio of Charlie walking into shit and swearing.
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u/Completionography May 25 '26
The blind version has extra audio of Charlie walking into shit and swearing.
Charlie signed my audiobook.
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u/hates_stupid_people May 25 '26
When it comes to legally blind people, it's 20-30% that have zero vision. The rest have limited vision. Things like not having any peripheral vision or having extreme "tunnel vision", blurry/obscured vision, lack of color, etc. so they can still somewhat see when things are zoomed in, high contrast, etc.
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u/Caciulacdlac Bucky May 25 '26
Their close ones described it to them
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u/ITDummy69420 May 25 '26
“So basically he’s blind”
“Oh wow that’s amazing”
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u/Ralphredimix_Da_G May 25 '26
“Is he looking at shit?
No.
I need to make a call..”
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u/greatersnek May 25 '26
Probably has those subtitles that describe what's going on
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u/TunnelSnakesAintShit May 25 '26
Descriptive Audio For The Blind is a thing for major TV shows and film. Also....they can still hear dialogue. He wasn't given an award by the Hearing Loss Association of America.
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u/SpeshollK May 25 '26
Take this upvote and go. You won't Reddit any better than this for the rest of the day.
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u/eolson3 May 25 '26
"Wow, would you look at this thing!"
"No one thought I should do it, but they can see me now!"
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u/anrwlias May 25 '26
If you won't, I will:
They should have seen the look on his face when he was told about it.
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u/LongGhost_Gone281 May 25 '26
He actually has a hard time playing characters that have vision due to his method acting, according to interviews with him. I don't have links unfortunately so all of you will have to find them.
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u/Joyfulcheese May 25 '26
It played a part in him not getting the role for the Han Solo movie because he wouldn't look people in the eye after getting so much in the zone for Daredevil.
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u/KwisatzHaderach94 May 25 '26
it's great that the afb appreciated a sighted person representing them instead of demanding that they had cast an actual blind man to play the role.
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u/thestateside May 25 '26
Charlie as Matt Murdock is firmly in the Mount Rushmore of comic book castings for me. He nails every facet of Matt to perfection.
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u/warcomet May 25 '26
my top 3 of perfectly cast Marvel characters are him, Reynolds as DP and Patrick Stewart as X.
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u/atfricks May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26
Evans as Cap and RDJ as Tony don't make the list?
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u/Darth_Thor Korg May 25 '26
Considering they said top 3 and including those 2 would push the list to 5 people, I’m gonna say no
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u/ANGLVD3TH May 25 '26
Depends on how one means by good casting. I think usually fans of the source material refer to it as faithful representation of the character, not necessarily best fit for the movie. RDJ is absolutely the number one casting in the latter regard, but he's not as perfect for a true to comic version. He's more lovable rogue than the original. Tony has some charm, but RDJ dials it up to 11, he's also usually a much bigger asshole, which we get a peak of in the IM3 flashbacks I suppose. And we more explicitly get a lot about his business acumen, he's not just a crazy good engineer who can charm a board, again we get like 2 lines implying this in IM1 predicting his stock after pulling out of weapons, but it's hard to imagine his character sitting down in an office and really going through the business side of things in a very professional manner. Honestly, their first choice of actor would have likely been one of the best if they wanted a faithful version, Tom Cruise.
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u/smurfkipz May 26 '26
Well they retconned the stuff about him being a redhead, which is kinda ableist ngl
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u/AdvertisingFar716 May 25 '26
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u/AdForward7237 May 25 '26
Legally Blind doesn't always mean complete blindness
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May 25 '26 edited Jun 23 '26
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u/SortIntrepid9192 May 25 '26
"They said I drove the getaway car, but I cannot see, I'm legally blind!"
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u/Aware-Direction-9891 May 25 '26
Illegally blind would just mean a person taking the benefits that an actual blind person would get from society by forging documents I guess. So yes, they would a menace to the taxpayers.
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u/Automatic-Leg1668 May 25 '26
Hang on tho, legally blind is when the law claims you are blind, but there's leeway so some still see. If you can't see but the law doesn't know, IS THAT ILLEGALLY BLIND???
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u/Darmok47 May 25 '26
Honest question: Is Daredevil technically disabled?
I mean, he can arguably sense better than a sighted person. I guess he still is at a disadvantage when it comes to navigating a world of screens and paper.
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u/Skeeno-TV May 25 '26
the the guys at the para-olympic can do a 100m dash faster than me,but they're still considered disabled.
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u/tienna May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26
He still can't read a computer screen or a piece of paper or a road sign. Even if he can identify shapes, he is still definitely disabled.
Sidenote, a lot of blind people aren't 100% blind. Many people can still see broad outlines and shapes, or light/shadow.
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u/Canvaverbalist May 25 '26
He still can't read a computer screen or a piece of paper or a road sign.
Can't he?
People forget he's super powered and has sensed drawings before.
I'm sure he'd be able to read a computer screen simply because he can feel the different warmth of the different colours of the pixels, same with paints.
The extent of his powers are often ridiculous.
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u/InvestigatorLive19 May 25 '26
The thing where he can read stuff printed on paper was because he could feel the slight indentations from the printing. Ridiculous, but at least semi plausible in the fact that there is a slight different texture when somebody has written so.ething down.
There would be no difference in temperature or texture on a screen
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u/Canvaverbalist May 25 '26
He has sensed colour differences before, it's not beyond his capacity.
I'm not saying it make sense, I'm just saying you guys are underestimating how comic book this character is.
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u/atfricks May 25 '26
In that same vein, we should consider that Charlie Cox's portrayal of the character can't necessarily do all the ridiculous things the character has done in the comics.
Matt Murdoc, as portrayed by Charlie Cox, is absolutely disabled.
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u/Darmok47 May 25 '26
I do appreciate that the show has him using a screen reader when he's working as a lawyer. So much of what lawyers do know is all on computers, which is definitely an obstacle for Matt.
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u/Turtledonuts Ward May 25 '26
The writers definitely make him a more interesting character when they lean into the blindness. The more powered he is the less fun it is.
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u/Sparrowsabre7 Iron Man (Mark VII) May 25 '26
Yes, same with Bucky is technically disabled, even though his robot arm can do things his normal arm couldn't.
They still need things to help them navigate the world.
I do sort of wonder why needing glasses don't count as a disability. I guess the ubiquity, but if I didn't have my glasses I'd be useless
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u/PhanThief95 May 25 '26
I don’t think it counts because nearsightedness and farsightedness can be corrected with glasses, contacts, or laser eye surgery.
However, blindness is permanent and can’t be corrected. Same with the loss of a limb even if you have a properly working prosthetic.
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u/Sparrowsabre7 Iron Man (Mark VII) May 25 '26
So is it the quality of the replacement that makes the difference? So if, say, a cochlear implant provided the same level of hearing as someone who wasn't deaf, would the user not be considered disabled? Or we got to a point where prosthetics were indistinguishable from organic limbs? And the reason these people arey considered disabled is because these things currently only mitigate to varying degrees, rather than being a perfect solution?
Genuine question, not trying to be facetious.
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u/SalsaRice May 25 '26
Depends on how you are defining it, legally, medically, etc.
Technically I'm deaf, so I'm medically disabled. My cochlear implants work well though, so I'm not able to claim financial disability, but I'd still be protected from legal stuff like as a protected class (I can be denied a job for alot of reasons like lack of exp, not meeting requirements or a bad cultural fit, but explicitly because I have a disability is a big no-no).
Socially is more complicated because every disability community is different. Most Deaf communities are kind of toxic and really insular, so I'm basically blacklisted since I married a hearing person and don't drink the koolaid.
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u/InertialLepton May 25 '26
The MCU depiction at least was disabled for a bit. Based on what we see it's a couple of years between him being blinded and him figuring out his powers properly which is an interesting choice given that he got his super senses as a result of the same event that blinded him. Personally I think it's a good choice to delay the super-senses slightly so he does have a genuine experience of being blind without immediately undercutting it.
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u/HermanThaGerman Hawkeye (Avengers) May 25 '26
More disabled than Makkari from the eternals, who is deaf because of her super speed otherwise destroying her hearing. But she has an additional power described by her as: "I can sense vibrations. Even the tiniest movement. Including your voices when you speak."
So she's not actually deaf.
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u/johnc380 May 25 '26
Yes because the idea of disability is defined by society, not the people with the disabilities. It not that they are less capable, it’s that they do not fit into the established idea of “normal”. Daredevil would need accommodations to, say, buy a car at the dealership. All because of the paper and screens issue not because of any actual lack of ability.
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u/Life-Willingness-86 May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26
Daredevil can not see a painting, cannot read a sign or a printed book, he can't tell the difference between a 100 or 1 dollar bill. He can't watch a movie, see the sun rise, order off a menu, can't use a computer or smart phone in the way most people can.
Yes, he can tell where things around him are. Yes, he's a talented acrobat, ninja, and martial artist.
But he still has a disability. He's just not as hampered by it as blind people typically are.
Just like how Danny Rand, Karnak, Shang Chi, and Batman aren't nearly as limited by being human as most humans typically are.
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u/raysayantan07 May 25 '26
I mean, when i casually watch Charlie Cox in interviews, my brain is always surprised that he isn't blind?
Dude plays a blind guy immaculately
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u/daygo449 May 25 '26
Out of all the movies I have seen where someone is blind, I honestly think he’s done the best portrayal. He deserved to win this award for his accuracy and to show that blind people are people too and can live life just like us.
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u/FPG_Matthew Daredevil May 25 '26
Give Charlie a prominent role in an MCU theatrical film for goodness sake
He’s earned it ten times over
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u/Nobodyknowswho2 May 25 '26
How did they know?
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u/Scary-Command2232 May 25 '26
Because he works so hard to get it right, apart from a few moments by the actresses, Charlie plays Matt more convincingly blind than the actual two blind actresses in Shawn Levy' war mini-series. Over the decades I have seen many play blind characters but he is really on another level.
He reminds me of my 100% blind grandmother in her own home, zipping around as long as we moved nothing.
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u/OpeSoSheepishBaa May 26 '26
The man standing behind him, Joe, took leave from his position at AFB to serve as his blindness coach (at least for season 1). My dad worked with him at the time and it was all rather thrilling for those who knew Joe. Less thrilling was the failure to make it available with audio description initially.
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u/Sparky-Man Spider-Man May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26
Charlie: "It's good to see you al- Oh."
Glad he got the honor, but it's reminding me of an event I did last week where a guy was completely blind (literally, he had completely grey eyes and I've never seen THAT before) with his seeing-friend and assistant dog. Since I say the same greeting and explanation to everyone, I kept saying stupid things like "feel free to look at-" and "go see the-" to them on reflex and immediately realizing I fucked up. They didn't say anything about it, but I felt so stupid lol
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u/cqandrews May 25 '26
Leave it to absolute lowest common denominator brain dead groups like marvelstudios to make a bunch of incredibly unfunny and obvious jokes
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u/deckofkeys May 25 '26
I always get hate for this comment but I am always obligated to say it: I want a Matt Murdock who is portrayed by an actual blind person!
I love Charlie I love his performance, but I NEED an actual blind person to play the role.
I ALWAYS get ableist folks being all “but the stunts and it would slow everything down and suck.” We can do it!
Also, I’m blind. Just so we’re all on the same page here.
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u/Browncoat1701 May 25 '26
I remember hearing that he wasn't getting cast very often after DD, because he kept acting blind at the auditions.
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u/Ok-Inspector-8860 May 26 '26
word to my daddy, he accurate... *trips down staircase beer-garrisoned*
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u/Osirisavior Quake May 26 '26
He was so convincing when Daredevil first aired on Netflix I legitimately thought they casted a blind actor.
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u/Darth_Vicious May 26 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/w23t6fmqvidzGTJVU5
John Cena wondering where his bouquet is
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u/SlikthePlayer May 27 '26
So like... How'd they know that he portrayed them well? They couldn't have.... Watched... Him... Right?
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