After Netflix’s “Daredevil” ended, Woll feared she might never work again.
Now she’s back in full force as Karen Page.
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Warning: This article contains spoilers fromDaredevil: Born Againepisode 1.
Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page in ‘Daredevil: Born Again’.Credit:Giovanni Rufino/MARVEL
Deborah Ann Wollwent viral last August for one of the more wholesome moments to percolate the internet these days.
After hosting her own tabletop games and writing her own campaigns, she now has clout in the community.
Bernthal, however, had no idea what the heck she was talking about.
Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) and Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) in ‘Daredevil: Born Again’.Giovanni Rufino/Marvel
an affably boisterous and inquisitive Bernthal asked his longtime friend.
Woll began to explain what the game actually entails, but then she got a novel idea.
“Do you want to play D&D?”
Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll), and Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) in ‘Daredevil: Born Again’.Giovanni Rufino/Marvel
Woll has since been celebrated for the pure joy this simplistic approach incited online.
I hope I inspired a lot of people to pick it up and try."
(He since left the company.)
Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll), Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox), and Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson).Giovanni Rufino/Marvel
During the conversation, the teary-eyed actress can be heard fearing for her longevity as a performer afterDaredevil.
Addressing it now with EW, Woll says those were genuine emotions.
“We think of careers as being a ladder,” she says.
There are peaks and valleys.
It’s hard to feel good about yourself or good about your work.
My valley coincided with a pandemic, so that really made some of that harder."
(The first two episodes are streaming now.)
“The thing to always remember is that even if something might feel personal, it’s just not.
This business is too enormous for anything to be personal,” she adds.
“There’s just decisions being made.
It’s so rare for something to come back in a significant way after so many years.
So being asked back after the fact was just icing on the cake.”
However, the context of her return is laced with tragedy narratively speaking.
Woll understands the bold moment from a story perspective.
“Therehasto be loss in stories,” she remarks.
“That’s a deep part of how you tell things.”
He dies in my arms.
That is something you will never forget for the rest of your life."
Woll and Henson are now confirmed to return forDaredevil: Born Againseason 2, EW previously reported.
The new season is currently filming, though the context of those character comebacks are still a mystery.
“And even with something beyond death, I think there are pieces of that to hold onto.
They probably can’t escape each other on some level.
They’re too alike.
“Now I’m starting to muse a little bit,” Woll admits.
Though, musing, as we saw with her viral D&D clip, is always welcome treat.
