Jon Bernthal wasn’t always happy with The Punisher’s role in Daredevil: Born Again, so much so that he turned down a role on the show before it was revamped. More than five years after The Punisher was canceled by Netflix, Bernthal is officially back as Frank Castle after The Punisher made his MCU debut in Daredevil: Born Again Episode 4. Matt Murdock’s (Charlie Cox) hunt for clues about who could be behind the death of Hector Ayala (Kamar de los Reyes) leads him to Frank Castle, and the two get into a vicious war of words. However, during a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly to talk about his role in Born Again as well as his upcoming Punisher solo project, Bernthal revealed he wasn’t initially pleased with how Frank was going to be used in the show: