News Daredevil: Born Again Daniel’s Story in Daredevil: Born Again Episode 7 Was Changed in Post-Production It turns out that big Daniel scene wasn’t in the episode’s original script By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on April 29, 2026 Photo: Disney+ Comment 0 Share New Share Photo: Disney+ Warning: This post contains spoilers for season two, episode seven of Daredevil: Born Again, “The Hateful Darkness.” The latest episode of Daredevil saw the shocking death of Daniel Blake (Michael Gandolfini), who is shot to death by Buck (Arty Froushan) after the two get in a fight about Daniel letting BB (Genneya Walton) go after he found out she had incriminating evidence against Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio). It turns out, however, that Daniel’s death wasn’t what the actors thought they were filming that day. In fact, Gandolfini also filmed scenes that were originally meant to air in episode eight. After production, however, showrunner Dario Scardapane decided that Daniel’s arc was done and that he would be shot by Buck at the end of their episode seven fight. “It just felt so right,” Gandolfini told TVInsider about his character’s death. “It felt so freeing, and I remember saying, ‘Hey, if I didn’t think it was right, I’d fight it.’ I love Daniel, but it’s so right. Where else is he gonna go? And he gets this little hero’s moment, and it just felt so great, I just felt so lucky.” The actors didn’t have to come in for pick-ups to capture Daniel’s demise. The creative team was able to create the death with a bit of CGI, adding in a gun flare to the gun Buck points at Daniel and some extra blood on Gandolfini (and cutting the part where he puts the gun down). “The fact that, as actors, we didn’t know that was gonna happen makes the scene maybe even more compelling,” Froushan told Variety. “I love Michael Gandolfini like a brother. This season, the whole journey we have together is a movie. So I was gutted. I was really upset. But I think it raises the stakes of the story in a really exciting way that was maybe necessary for that storyline.” [end-mark] The post Daniel’s Story in <i>Daredevil: Born Again</i> Episode 7 Was Changed in Post-Production appeared first on Reactor.