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Does This Daredevil Casting Call Hint At A Season 3 Villain?

Over the last few months, the Hashtag Show has shared casting information for different series that have for the most part been very accurate. So, when they post new information, it is definitely worth taking a look at. Their latest casting call could give us a hint of a possible villain for Marvel's Daredevil season 3.

The casting call says this:

[STEVE]  28-35, 5'9-6'1, Open ethnicity. An athletic but socially awkward FBI Agent, needs structure and rules to suppress the darkness inside himself. Athletic with medium build, responsible and resourceful, hair trigger temper. SERIES REGULAR

I've seen a few websites take that description and extrapolate it out to being a sign that they're going to bring in the Sin-Eater. The argument is that Stanley Carter was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who volunteered for an experimental procedure using PCP-like substances to give him enhanced strength and endurance. But the project is deemed too dangerous and cancelled. Carter quits as a result and joins the NYPD, and when his partner is murdered, he decides to get justice on his own by going after the lawyers, judges, priests and cops who abuse the system. This includes his captain and lover Jean DeWolff, a major story arc in Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man series.

Most expect Daredevil Season 3 to loosely adapt the Born Again storyline, which sees Wilson Fisk discovering Daredevil's identity. One of the things Fisk does to smear Matt's name is release an insane serial killer to dress up as Daredevil and hit the streets of Hell's Kitchen. The character of Sin-Eater could substitute in for that part of the story.

But it doesn't feel right. Sin-Eater could be a major story on his own; to wedge him into the Born Again story seems like a waste. If they are adapting the Frank Miller / David Mazzuchelli run, then putting that much back story into one piece would be difficult and a waste of a good character. And to be a series regular means the character will be around for every episode — which also seems a stretch for the role in the Born Again story.

And then there's the question of whether Marvel has the rights to Sin-Eater, since he debuted in a Spider-Man comic.

At this point, it could be Sin-Eater, but I won't put any money on it yet.

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