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Kingpin actor Vincent D'Onofrio got swole to play Wilson Fisk in season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again. 

If you've seen the trailers for the new season on Disney+, there are shots of Fisk throwing punches in a boxing ring, leaving his opponent bloodsplattered. In case you've never noticed, boxers tend not to wear a whole lot of clothing in the ring. And, considering that Vincent D'Onofrio has been wearing a fat suit for a few years now in his appearances as Wilson Fisk, the actor needed to take steps to fully sell his character's physique for the boxing scene. 

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, D'Onofrio revealed the extensive training he did for the boxing in Daredevil: Born Again season 2. “The whole boxing match and then the result of that, there was a particular way that I wanted to do that. I didn't wanna be fully clothed. I'm wearing a fat suit for the character; I've been doing that since Hawkeye. We wanted somehow to figure out a way where I could at least show my arms and my shoulders because it's a boxing match. It would be weird if I had long sleeves on. So the task at hand was to build my upper body to a point where it matched the fake girth around my waist. That was a trip. It was an intense workout to grow a couple of inches on my upper body. So that was fun and brutal," D'Onofrio said. 

The episode where Wilson Fisk is battling it out in a boxing match hasn't been released yet, but we have seen a scene of Kingpin training for his upcoming match, as well as the brief clip of the fight in a trailer for the season. At one point, Fisk throws a strong enough punch that it sends his trainer flying into a mirror on the wall, breaking it into pieces. If Daredevil and Kingpin end up fighting this season (I mean, why wouldn't they eventually come to blows?), I wish Matt the best of luck. 

Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 is streaming now on Disney+.

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