Over six years after the early end of the Netflix series Daredevil, the devil from Hell’s Kitchen is currently celebrating its brilliant return with the MCU series Daredevil: Born Again. At the premiere on March 5, 2025 on Disney+, two episodes appeared at once. However, the second episode begins with a sad dedication.
“In memory of Kamar de Los Reyes“You can read in the fading in the beginning of episode 2. Many viewers should surely wonder who Kamar de Los Reyes was. Behind the name is a deceased actor who embodied a special superhero hero before his death.
Daredevil: Born Again dedicates episode 2 to the late Star Kamar de los Reyes
Actor Kamar de Los Reyes is in Daredevil: Born Again In the role of comic hero White Tiger to see. At the beginning of the new Marvel series, it is already an established vigilant who is as well known to the people of New York as a self-made superheld as Daredevil, Punisher or Spider-Man. In episode 2 we get to know his bourgeois personality Hector Ayala for the first time, who is charged with murder of a police officer and represented by Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox).
The Puerto-Rican actor Kamar de los Reyes died in December 2023 at the age of 56 as a result of cancer. He left three sons and his wife, actress Sherri Saum (Agents of Shield). Series fans are known primarily through smaller appearances in The Rookie, All American and Sleepy Hollow. With Daredevil: Born Again now appears the last project in which he was involved before his death.
A few months before the death of Kamar de Los Reyes, the production of the MCU series had to be interrupted after six turned episodes due to the Hollywood strikes. During this time, Marvel Studios decided to subject the series of a drastic creative redesign. Those who were recovered in January 2024 Filming had to be continued without the actor. How many episodes its character can be seen is not yet known.
50 years of Marvel history: Who is White Tiger?
White Tiger is a superhero-age Ego from the Marvel universe, which has been adopted by several people over the decades. As an original White Tiger and the very first Puerto-Rican Marvel hero, Hector Ayala first appeared in 1975 in the comic series Deadly Hands of Kung Fu. We are now getting this version in Daredevil: Born Again.
In the Marvel comics awards The magical amulet of the jade tiger Hector supernatural strength. For many years he fought crime on the streets of New York until one day he is charged for a murder that he has not committed. Despite the efforts of his lawyer Matt Murdock, Hector ends up in prison. He is finally shot when trying to break out.
In the coming weeks, we will find out whether the MCU series adapted this tragic comic story to the bitter end. If Hector Ayala actually died in the course of the first season, his vigilant person could remain beyond that. Because in the comics, other members of his family later slip into the White Tiger costume.
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Daredevil’s first season: Born Again consists of nine episodes that appear every Wednesday at Disney+ every Wednesday. A 2nd season comes next year and is currently being shot in New York.