It’s awesome that Charlie Cox has returned as Matt Murdock in Daredevil: Born Again , but things could have played out very differently for him. In a new profile with GQ , the actor shared surprising details about his casting process,

When Daredevil was canceled after its third season, it felt like a major loss: not only would we likely never see Cox’s take on the character again, but we’d never see him cross over into Marvel’s Cinematic Universe.

We’re just a couple of weeks away from the release of Daredevil: Born Again, the upcoming Marvel series that will see the return of not just Charlie Cox’s Daredevil, but also several other characters who first appeared in the Daredevil series produced for Netflix.