Vincent D'Onofrio, who plays Kingpin in the MCU, praises Ethan Hawke's work as MoonKnight villain Arthur Harrow.
Vincent D'Onofrio, who plays Wilson Fisk/Kingpin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, praises Ethan Hawke's Moon Knight villain, Arthur Harrow. D'Onofrio made his indelible debut as Kingpin on Daredevil, which ran for three seasons from 2015 to 2018. Among Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Ironfist, The Punisher, and The Defenders, Daredevil reigned supreme thanks in no small part to D'Onofrio's Kingpin.
Marvel Studios' latest Disney+ series, Moon Knight, follows museum gift shop employee Steven Grant , who's a part of a Dissociative Identity Disorder system—which includes the mercenary Marc Spector. In the series' first two episodes, Steven discovers Marc's life-saving pact with the Egyptian moon god, Khonshu , who now uses their body as his avatar.
D'Onofrio's villainous seal of approval is as good as it gets. Along with Charlie Cox's Daredevil, D'Onofrio's beloved portrayal of Kingpin has been at the center of conversation concerning Netflix's shows becoming MCU canon. Proving himself too inimitable to recast, D'Onofrio made his official MCU debut in last year's Hawkeye right before Cox appeared in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
While it remains to be seen if Harrow will survive the events of Moon Knight, it seems safe to say that Kingpin will return in an upcoming Disney+ series. In Hawkeye's sixth episode, Maya Lopez/Echo shoots and seemingly kills Kingpin as the camera cuts away. In the comics, Kingpin survives a similar encounter while being blinded. That said, both he and Daredevil have connections to Echo—who is set to lead her own spinoff series.