Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS from Daredevil: Born Once more, season 1, episode 7.As Daredevil: Born Once more season 1 nears its finish, the Marvel Cinematic Universe threw in certainly one of its greatest surprises in episode 7. Whereas the MCU TV present has been coping with the rising risk of Muse in Daredevil: Born Once more, this week’s episode pits Dr. Heather Glenn in his method, as Bastian initially got here to her for remedy. Nevertheless, it did not take lengthy for the psychotic serial killer to make Heather his subsequent goal.
Whereas Daredevil: Born Once more episode 7 noticed Matt Murdock absolutely suited up and coming to Heather’s rescue, his showdown with Muse had a really surprising conclusion. Within the midst of the chaos, Heather pulls a gun and shoots Muse, resulting in his stunning MCU loss of life. Whereas Muse could also be out of the image, Heather is now compelled to dwell with the truth that she has taken somebody’s life.
Following the conclusion of Daredevil: Born Once more episode 7, ScreenRant interviewed Margarita Levieva about Heather’s large scene with Muse. As Heather works in a career that’s all about serving to individuals with their well being, Levieva mentioned the character’s traumatic expertise with Muse and the way this may have an effect on her in the way forward for the Daredevil: Born Once more story.
How The Heather Vs. Muse Showdown Was Constructed For Daredevil: Born Once more, Episode 7
“I Suppose That is Additionally Why Heather Actually Form Of Falls For Him”
To begin off the interview, Levieva spoke about Heather’s actions that led to the Daredevil: Born Once more episode 7 ending, with Muse now lifeless. From having an intense remedy session with him earlier than Muse virtually tries to kill her, Levieva said that, “Their relationship started in the course of the e book signing.” As for the actor, “Hunter Doohan is such a rare actor, and from the second he walked as much as me, there was simply a lot coming off of him, and a lot power and vulnerability.”
Levieva praised Doohan and described her working expertise with him as essential, stating that, “I actually felt him deeply instantly, and he is a very terrifying character, as a result of he’s so sympathetic to start with, and since he is so weak, and since he is so earnest, I believe that is additionally why Heather actually form of falls for him, as a result of she believes she will actually assist him and and sees the goodness in him. That is why it is so jarring and simply unfathomable when no matter unfolds unfolds.”
He was simply such a rare actor. That remedy session was a really, very lengthy scene on the web page, and it was a kind of the place [it] each felt prefer it was an enormous mountain to climb, however as soon as we bought into the dance, it was so fluid and felt so actual. It was terrifying, nevertheless it felt very actual, which was actually useful for the present.
The Psychological State Of Heather Glenn After Daredevil: Born Once more Episode 7
“Taking Somebody’s Life Is Not One thing She Ever Thought She Would Do In Her Lifetime”
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With Heather having to make a drastic resolution in the direction of the top of Daredevil: Born Once more episode 7, Levieva additionally explored what was going via the physician’s head when she determined to tug a gun on Muse. For Levieva, what Heather is now going via is “extraordinarily traumatic. It is life-changing, I believe, for somebody who’s within the service of serving to others to then take another person’s life is simply an excessive amount of to even perceive at first, and the second that she does shoot him, we talked about it rather a lot.”
Levieva had requested herself, “Is it a aware [decision]? Is it full-on revenge, starvation, kill? Is it kind of like a blackout form of kill as a result of a lot bodily violence is inflicted upon her up till then. There are a number of moments the place she truly hits her head. So we had been questioning if there was a model of it the place she’s virtually unaware of what she’s doing, and it is form of like computerized.”
As this leaves some issues ambiguous for Heather’s actions in Daredevil. Born Once more episode 7, Levieva teased that “I do not wish to actually reveal what I made a decision for myself it was. It will be attention-grabbing to see how individuals interpret it, however the results are evident straight away, even within the hospital scene, when she wakes up from the concussion and realizes what she had finished, it is so insufferable for her to course of.” For Heather, “taking somebody’s life just isn’t one thing that she ever thought, clearly, that she would ever do in her lifetime. [It] actually rocks her,” in response to Levieva.
Nevertheless, with Heather’s career being to assist others with their psychological well being, Levieva additionally addressed the complexity that her Daredevil: Born Once more character is now going through after coping with Muse. “That is difficult, and that is what’s so lovely concerning the writing and the creators of the present,” mentioned Levieva, earlier than including that, “Clearly, we’re coping with such large themes and this concept of vigilante and violence and what’s finished within the service of serving the larger good. How far can we truly take that kind of violence into our personal arms? The place does all of it finish?”
Mayor and Mrs. Fisk, Physician Glenn Will See You Now
“They Gave So A lot, And There Was So A lot To It”
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With Heather’s introduction to the Daredevil: Born Once more forged, one of many pivotal storylines is serving because the therapist for Mayor Wilson Fisk and his spouse, Vanessa Fisk, because the villainous couple try to heal their marriage. As Daredevil: Born Once more is ready to present a home aspect to the Fisks, Levieva recommended the inventive crew for a way they’re approaching it, stating, “That is what’s so lovely concerning the writing, as a result of they really are very trustworthy in these remedy classes. They’re simply avail with phrases that clearly usually are not straight correlated to what’s truly taking place of their lives, however are nonetheless in a position to categorical what’s beneath and the emotion beneath that’s taking place for them.”
Levieva additionally praised her fellow co-stars, describing how “it was fantastic working with them. Vincent [D’Onofrio] and Ayelet Zurer, each are simply extraordinary actors and we actually attempt to play these scenes like we had been having actual remedy classes.” In relation to her operate as Dr. Heather Glenn in these moments, “All I needed to do, actually is simply take heed to them and take them in. They gave a lot, and there was a lot to it, [it] was eliciting a lot in me with out me even doing something, simply by observing and listening to them.”
For many who adopted Daredevil: Born Once more’s inventive overhaul will recall that the preliminary model of the Disney+ drama was very near not even having Zurer again as Vanessa, because the position was initially set to be performed by a distinct actress earlier than the present bought retooled. One of many issues that had been certainly tinkered with throughout Daredevil: Born Once more’s re-development course of was, in reality, the Fisks’ marriage counseling storyline, as Levieva confirmed that the arc “modified fairly drastically, as a result of the connection between the accomplice [Sandrine Holt who played Vanessa pre-creative overhaul] that Fisk had within the first model was fairly totally different from his relationship with Vanessa Fisk, as a result of that relationship was already established.”
Whereas the remedy classes had been dealt with otherwise, Levieva addressed that Wilson’s intentions with remedy had been all the time the identical, as she mentioned he “genuinely [wanting] to save lots of his relationship, regardless of how difficult or uncooked or misleading, that a part of it was all the time true, and the a part of Heather, actually feeling for these two characters and actually feeling related to them and wanting to assist them, that half has remained.”
Will Heather Discover Out Matt’s Secret…Or Does She Already Know?
“It is Very Difficult, And It is Additionally Very Layered”
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In each nice superhero adaptation, a protagonist is finally compelled to cope with the challenges of dwelling a double life, and Matt is not any stranger to that via his time within the MCU. Together with his new relationship with Heather, she is presently not conscious that Matt and Daredevil are literally the identical individual.
When requested if Heather would theoretically have the ability to settle for this idea if she ever came upon, Levieva confused that, “It is rather a lot, and clearly we’re in a world that’s excessive and coping with excessive circumstances, as a result of in the true world, [laughs] the thought of discovering out that the individual that you are principally dwelling with and consider might be your accomplice for all times, maybe is Daredevil, is fairly on the market.” The MCU actress added that, “after which to even have a affected person who’s a vigilante, it is rather a lot for Heather. I questioned rather a lot via the season, ‘How a lot does she suspect?’ She is a extremely succesful physician or psychiatrist, so it is her job to kind of decide up on the clues, and her instinct must be actually sharpened.”
In accordance with Levieva, she questioned “if there was part of her that simply did not wish to know that,” earlier than citing that, “Typically in life, you are like, ‘I do know one thing is off, however I do not wish to know. I wish to consider the fairy story proper now. I wish to consider this life that I’ve chosen for now.’ So I am curious to see what would occur if she finds out.” Nevertheless, she was additionally requested if there’s a chance that Heather truly already is aware of that Matt is Daredevil. However in response to Levieva, “It’s extremely difficult, and it is also very layered. It actually faucets into this emotional and psychological gymnastics that human beings do generally, sadly, when confronted with fairly traumatic conditions, simply kind of understanding what is occurring, however not desirous to admit it to themselves.”
For Levieva, coming to that realization about Daredevil and Matt may additionally imply that, “In the event that they admitted it to themselves, it will imply admitting some issues about themselves that possibly they did not wish to hear or know. The truth that Heather is interested in Daredevil, the truth that she has fallen in love with somebody that’s dwelling this double life, if she had been to confess that to herself.” Lastly, Levieva teased that, “I believe she must admit some deeper truths about herself to herself, and she or he’s in all probability not wanting to do this.”
Daredevil: Born Once more drops new episodes on Tuesdays at 9 PM ET on Disney+.
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March 4, 2025
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Chris Ord
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Michael Cuesta, Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, Jeffrey Nachmanoff
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