Daredevil: New Photo Teases Wilson Bethel’s Rumored Role as Bullseye
Being a marksman is nothing new in the Marvel Universe. Pretty much every character is a crack shot, from Captain America and Hawkeye, to the likes of Deadpool and Taskmaster. Being deadly accurate just comes naturally with being super. Marvel’s growing rogues gallery, in particular, is filled with every kind of marksman imaginable, from evil Robin Hoods to elite sharpshooters. Perhaps one of the least known — but most experienced — is Bullseye, quite possibly Marvel’s very own Floyd Lawton.
Rumors have abounded since 2017 that actor Wilson Bethel will be playing Bullseye in the third season of Marvel’s Daredevil. The star of the CBS soap The Young and the Restless joined the cast November last year, but was only specified to be playing an FBI agent named Steve, nothing more. Bethel was eventually bumped up to series regular, further fueling fan speculation.
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For months, no one had stepped forward to confirm anything — until today. Bethel and actor Charlie Cox’s personal trainer, Naqam Washington, recently shared a photo with both men following a particularly strenuous workout. He praised both for their hard work and used the tags “Bullseye” and “Daredevil” in his caption, referring to Bethel and Cox, respectively. Washington’s unlikely Instagram post may have finally ended all fan speculation regarding Bethel’s role in the series.
In the comics, Lester, or Bullseye, developed a unique obsession with Daredevil after the blind crimefighter foiled several of his hits and extortion schemes, ruining what would have been a perfect career. He was later hired to take out Matt Murdock himself — Daredevil’s lawyering alter-ego — but failed when he was intercepted by the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen, armed with his spandex tights and deadly billy club. Humiliated, and with his record tarnished, Bullseye swore to get in Daredevil’s way forever, from the comics and all the way up to his Netflix show, apparently.
Bullseye is hardly superhuman or enhanced, but his eyes rival the likes of Hawkeye, Gambit, and the Winter Soldier. One might even say he’s better than all of them combined. After all, sharpshooting is Bullseye’s thing, much like laughing is The Joker’s. He was played in 2003’s Daredevil by Colin Farrell.
Season 3 of Marvel’s Daredevil is currently in post-production. It wrapped up shooting last June and is scheduled to premiere on Netflix sometime this year.