Jon Bernthal Would Love To Come Back To The MCU As THE PUNISHER - As Long As The Character Isn't "Watered Down"

Over the years there have been a few actors who have played Frank Castle aka The Punisher. None though brought the intensity and down right misery that losing loved ones can have on a person better than actor Jon Bernthal.

Bernthal was a dynamo in the Punisher for Netflix and we would love to see him return to the role. Today, we have have word that he too would love to jump back into the fray as Frank Castle…with a few cavoites of course.

While chatting to THR about his part in King Richard, Bernthal gave an in-depth response when asked about the possibility of reprising the role of Frank Castle in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

"That character, in particular, has real, real, real deep, deep meaning for me and resonance in me," he began. "He’s really in my heart, man. He’s really in my bones. I’m enormously protective of that character. I’ve said before that there’s nothing in this world more important to me than my wife and my kids, and only until you understand that kind of love and what it really means to willingly die for somebody, [do you understand] what it would be like if somebody took them from you. That’s a road and a darkness and a rage that really, really scares me and brings me to places that I’ve worked the last 20 years to get away from. So I was really grateful, respectful and weary of the places where that role took me and the world in which I had to live in."

"That being said, that’s where that character needs to be. It needs to be a level of darkness," he continued. "I think if there’s any let up on that character, you do a disservice to the character, to every iteration of the character, to every comic book that’s come before, and to all of the unbelievable fans of the character. This character means so much to people in the military. So like I said before, it’s not about whether you do the character; it’s about whether you can do it right, and I’m only interested in doing it right."

We highly doubt Frank Castle will be used in any form for the family friendly MCU but who knows. Deadpool 3 has already been confirmed as an R rating, maybe we’ll see The Punisher again?