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He didn't know that his character in Marvel's Daredevil (2015) was blind until the day before the audition.

Gained thirty pounds of muscle for his role in Daredevil (2015-2018).

He hadn't read any Daredevil comics before receiving the part of Matt Murdock/Daredevil in Marvel's Daredevil (2015), but has since become a big fan of the character and comics in general. He expressed hope that Daredevil would appear in The First Avenger: Civil War (2016). To his disappointment, this didn't come to pass. Ultimately, he would appear as Murdock, however, in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).

He married one of Daredevil 's producers in 2018. They have a daughter and son. The first child was born in October 2016, and the second child was born in March 2020.

He became a big Comic book fan after being cast as Matt Murdock/Daredevil.

Has been best friends with Andrew Garfield, Eddie Redmayne, Jamie Dornan, Robert Pattinson, Tom Sturridge since he started his career.

The first non-American actor to play Matt Murdock/Daredevil.

After Rex Smith and Ben Affleck, he is the third actor to play the role of the Marvel Comics' hero Matt Murdock/Daredevil.

He has English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, and is descended from many prominent figures, including Royal Navy captain Frederick Lewis Maitland, Colonial Governor of New York, Andrew Elliot, and several Baronets and Earls.

Trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

He studied at Sherborne school in Dorset

One of his favorite Pixar films is Toy Story (1995).

He has traveled to Australia, parts of the USA, Europe and Hong Kong