Elektra’s comic book costume looks like something out of a porn parody, so some sort of upgrade for her appearance in season two of Daredevil was inevitable. Well, Marvel and Netflix have today revealed our first proper look at Elodie Yung suited up as the anti-hero and it’s so far been a little divisive. However, it definitely pays homage to the source material!
Talking in an interview which was released alongside the poster and promo video below, the actress revealed some new details about what brings Elektra back to Matt Murdock’s world.
“She left him when they were younger and then ten years later she comes back into his life because she’s missing something, because she’s alone,” Yung explained when asked about her return to New York. “The whole arc this season for Elektra is finding the good in herself. Trying to understand who she is really and maybe she’s not [just] this cold person, this cold killer. She’s been raised and she grew up like this and she’s been trained [for it]. There’s some element of sociopathy in her, but I think it’s just the way that she was born as well.”
“Elektra met Matt and she fell in love with him,” Yung continued. “And I think he brought some good out of her at some point in her life, and maybe she wants to figure out, by coming back to him, who she really is. She comes back because she misses him and she’s alone and the only person she’s ever loved is Matt. And she also needs his help. He has good skills and she also needs his skills to help her in her mission. I think that is the sociopath in her: ‘I will need you for something, so I’m going to use you.’” Sounds pretty great, eh?
It’s clear that season two of Daredevil is following the comics, and it’s going to be very interesting to see what kind of role she ends up playing in the show next month.
