Thomas Jane Willing To Return As Punisher

Thomas Jane’s turn as “The Punisher” way back in 2004 was undeniably one of the manlier comic book manifestations in movies.  It is just a pity that a sequel with him never turned up, although “The Punisher: Warzone” was quite good too.  Now though that the property has changed hands once again, Jane has spoken on the possibility of returning as Frank Castle.

“I feel like I’ve done it. That’s why I did the short film. I wanted to create something that was truer to my own vision of what that movie could be. I feel like I put that out there. It was really well received.

I hope that The Punisher will continue. I hope they get an idea of what it can be and how to make it successful. I hope that they use that short film as a template for how to make it truer to what that character is. I feel like I’ve done it even though it was a short film. I said what I wanted to say with that guy.

I don’t think I ever really was the perfect Frank Castle. I look at him as Italian. A guy who, I guess I’m the right age now, but I would see him as a weathered guy. My body is not quite perfect for Frank. I would see Frank as more of a square jawed, lock-jawed kind of guy. I don’t know who it would be. I think you’d need an unknown to play Frank. He’s really the ideal asshole.”

Jane also held a Reddit AMA session a day later and wasn’t as closed off, saying: “With the right story – I’d do it again. Yeah.”

Steven S. DeKnight, who is serving as show runner on the Netflix “Daredevil” series, admitted late last year that if he wasn’t making “Daredevil” then the one comic book character he’d love to do a show about is The Punisher.