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The Punisher Casts Amber Rose Revah, Ben Barnes & Ebon Moss-Bachrach

by Dave Elliott
The Punisher Casts Amber Rose Revah, Ben Barnes & Ebon Moss-Bachrach

The Punisher Casts Amber Rose Revah, Ben Barnes & Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Netflix’s Punisher series has added 3 new cast members to the show as shooting begins.

Ebon Moss-Bachrach, seen recently on The Last Ship as Dr. Scott’s backstabbing sidekick Niels Sørensen, and as Desi on Girls, will play Microchip (aka Micro). In the comics he starts off as Frank Castle’s (Jon Bernthal) friend offering tech support, but more recently has turned into a villain acting against Castle.

English actress Amber Rose Revah (Borgia, Indian Summers) has been cast as non-comic book character, Dinah Madani, described as a “highly-trained Homeland Security agent who is vexed by the Punisher”.

Chronicles of Narnia actor Ben Barnes has been cast Billy Russo, Castle’s best friend from his days in the military. He now runs a private military company called ‘Anvil’, although in the comic books, he goes on to become the supervillain Jigsaw.

The Punisher first appeared in his current form as part of Daredevil Season 2. It was announced back in April that the character would be getting his own show alongside Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist. Bernthal’s performance was widely praised across the comic book world as being the best version of the character to hit the screen so far, after previous big screen outings were less than successful.

Marvel/Netflix usually only manage to get out 2 series per year, so it’s not totally clear where this new one will sit. Iron Fist will arrive on the 17th March 2017, and The Defenders, which will feature the 4 original heroes, was due next and expected late 2017. However, with The Punisher now shooting before The Defenders, it’s possible that pushes the group outing into a 2018 slot. We’ll let you know more when we have it.

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