Eiza Gonzalez Asks MCU Fans to Stop Harassing Her Over Daredevil Role She Doesn’t Have

For months, fans have speculated that Eiza Gonzalez had been cast as Elektra in Daredevil: Born Again. Yesterday, however, Gonzalez put an end to these rumors and addressed the hate she had received over the suspected casting decision.

In a few Tweets yesterday, Gonzalez clarified that she’s not playing Elektra in Daredevil. She also asked fans to stop harassing her over the role, saying she’d like to “live free of negative ill-intended messages about me playing/stealing? a role I don’t even know about.”

I feel like I’m just gonna get it out of the way because, One I’m confused as for the amount of hate over this and two I feel like it saves people energy. No I’m not cast as Elektra in Daredevil I have already a on going series exclusivity contract to 3 Body Problem. Ur welcome

— Eiza Gonzalez Reyna (@eizamusica) October 5, 2022

Id appreciate if I could live free of negative ill intended messages about me playing/stealing? a role that I don’t even know about. Thank you and wishing you all the best ❤️

— Eiza Gonzalez Reyna (@eizamusica) October 5, 2022

As pointed out by Variety, Gonzalez had been rumored to have the role since before July’s San Diego Comic-Con. Some fans complained about the rumored casting decision — in the comic books, Elektra is Greek, but Gonzalez is Latina, which led some fans to accuse her of “stealing” the role.

Gonzalez mentioned that she’s instead starring in Netflix’s upcoming The Three-Body Problem with an exclusivity contract, which makes the rumored Daredevil casting impossible.

Despite the hate she received, Gonzalez ended her string of Tweets by sending the actual cast of Daredevil some kind words.

Daredevil: Born Again is slated to release in 2024. While not much else is known about the Disney+ Marvel series, during D23, star Charlie Cox revealed that it won’t continue where the Daredevil Netflix series left off. The show will start filming next year and will have 18 episodes.

Daredevil also made his costumed debut in this week’s episode of She-Hulk.

Amelia Zollner is a freelance writer at IGN who loves all things indie and Nintendo. Outside of IGN, they’ve contributed to sites like Polygon and Rock Paper Shotgun. Find them on Twitter: @ameliazollner.

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