Daredevil , the first Marvel/Netflix series, is hitting on April 10, and in advance of the show’s debut we sat down with the Kingpin of crime himself, Vincent D'Onofrio, to talk about this new aspect of the MCU.

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One fun item that came up during out chat with D'Onofrio was concerning Spider-Man, who recently joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe and therefore can now theoretically face off against Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. the Kingpin. A frequent enemy of both Daredevil’s and Spidey’s (Fisk’s first appearance was actually in The Amazing Spider-Man #50), Kingpin’s big-screen rights were previously held by Fox (which also had Daredevil before the rights reverted to Marvel in 2012). But now that Marvel can use Spidey as well as Kingpin, a match-up would seem to be inevitable.We asked D'Onofrio if a Spider-Man/Kingpin battle could be in the cards on the big screen, and while he admitted that he has “no idea” at this point, he also said he’d love to do it.“That would be super-cool, yeah,” said the actor. “To be able to kick Spider-Man’s butt would be awesome.”Not surprisingly, the secretive Marvel Studios has not revealed any such plans to D'Onofrio yet. Of course, knowing Marvel, anything is possible.“But we just don’t know about those things,” he continued. “Those are all the Marvel secrets that they never tell us until they need us, so… Yeah, I would do it. I would do it in a second.”D'Onofrio also explained what got him interested in joining the Netflix/Marvel series in the first place. It all started with a phone call from Marvel’s Head of Television, Jeph Loeb.“[It] was just an incredible conversation and during the conversation I realized how much I actually did know of Daredevil’s origin story,” said D'Onofrio. “And I guess I had read a couple of [the comics] as a kid, but I didn’t remember. And [we talked] about the new Fisk. This Fisk that [showrunner] Steven DeKnight was writing and that Jeph wanted to do, which made this Netflix/Marvel series. From that call I think I committed to the project.”D'Onofrio saw more in the character than just a cartoonish villain.“You know, they wanted him brought in as a human,” said the actor. “As a real kind of, just a man, who eventually turns into this iconic character. So that’s a fun job. I mean I thought right away, ‘That’s fantastic.’ You can do so many cool things with that.”Check back soon for our full interview with Vincent D'Onofrio and much more on Daredevil…

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