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Time of India
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
How to unlock The Punisher – Daredevil Born Again skin in Marvel Rivals?
(Image via NetEase) If you've been waiting to give Frank Castle a fresh, tactical drip, this is it. The Daredevil: Born Again skin for The Punisher just dropped in Marvel Rivals , and it's packing some serious energy. Inspired by his Disney+ look, this skin is gritty, clean, and perfect for anyone tired of flashy gear. And the best part? You can snag it right now. Here's how. Where to Find the Punisher – Daredevil Born Again Skin in Marvel Rivals? First things first, you'll need to open Marvel Rivals on your preferred platform. Whether you're team Steam, Epic Games, PS5, or Xbox Series X|S, it's the same drill. Just launch the game and log in to your account. Once you're at the main menu: Head to the Store tab Go to the ' Featured ' or the ' Costumes ' section Look for The Punisher – Daredevil: Born Again skin Hit that buy button on the Born Again skin Done right? Boom. It's yours. How Much Does the Punisher – Daredevil Born Again Skin Cost? You've got two ways to grab it: Just the Skin : 1,400 Units Bundle Vibes: 1,600 Units – Includes the skin + extra goodies If you're a collector or just wanna flex a bit harder, the bundle's honestly worth it. What's Inside the Punisher – Daredevil Born Again Skin Bundle? You can grab the skin standalone, but real fans know the bundle's where the heat's at. Here's everything that comes in the Born Again Bundle: The Skin MVP Animation Spray Emote Nameplate Rating Punisher's "Daredevil Born Again" Skin In Marvel Rivals Can You Unlock It for Free? Short answer? Not really. The skin is a premium cosmetic, which means you'll need Units(Marvel Rivals' in-game currency.) Here's how to stack them: Real money purchases (classic microtransactions) Grinding: Some Units can be earned by playing and hitting milestones or challenges So yeah, if you've been playing consistently and banking Units, you might be able to unlock it without swiping the card. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Thailand: New Small Electric Car For Seniors. Prices Might Surprise You. Electric Cars | Search Ads Undo If not, you know what to do. Why It's a Must-Have This version of The Punisher hits differently. Gone is the face paint and over-the-top menace. In comes a clean, brutal, street-level Punisher , just like the one we'll see in Daredevil: Born Again . It's sleek. It's tactical. It's Castle at his coldest. Whether you've followed Frank Castle since the comics or just discovered his brooding genius through Born Again , this skin is a must-have. Minimalist, mean, and made for battle, it's peak Punisher energy. Don't miss out. Now go unleash vigilante justice. Game On Season 1 continues with Mirabai Chanu's inspiring story. Watch Episode 2 here.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lee Jung-jae, Adam Scott, Noah Wyle, and the best of our Emmy Drama Actor interviews
Over the past two months of Emmy campaigning, Gold Derby has spoken with several contenders in all categories. Now with voting underway ahead of the July 15 unveiling of the nominees, we have compiled 13 interviews for stars vying for Best Drama Actor, including: Charlie Cox (Daredevil: Born Again), Jon Hamm (Your Friends and Neighbors), Aldis Hodge (Cross), Lee Jung-Jae (Squid Game), Diego Luna (Andor), Zahn McClarnon (Dark Winds), Gary Oldman (Slow Horses), Harold Perrineau (From), Eddie Redmayne (The Day of the Jackal), Adam Scott (Severance), Billy Bob Thornton (Landman), Charlie Vickers (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power), and Noah Wyle (The Pitt). Read on for highlights from each interviews and links to watch our full video Q&As. More from Gold Derby CBS, CNN, and ABC lead winners at 2025 News Emmys An 'honored' Denis Villeneuve will direct the next James Bond movie: 'To me, he's sacred territory' Cox started playing lawyer Matt Murdock, aka the blind superhero Daredevil, back in 2015, and he's figured out his two priorities for every action scene, based on the character's superhuman abilities and his emotional primacy. 'One, be clear-minded about how emotionally relevant this scene is to Matt,' Cox explains about the Disney+ character. 'Sometimes we have a scene where he's just trying to garner information, and to get that, he needs to go through people. So make sure that the action is appropriate for that, so that he's not unnecessarily violent or brutal, because it doesn't require huge physical emotion. Then there are scenes where he's fighting someone with whom there's a history, or the person has been in some way involved in something that Matt feels very strongly against. So that fight becomes emotional, and it is more brutal, and probably more unnecessarily violent, and all those things. So to be clear and tell, in the simplest ways, the emotional story of the action.' Watch our complete interview with Charlie Cox. Hamm stars as the morally questionable Andy "Coop" Cooper, who turns to stealing from his wealthy neighbors to keep up appearances when he loses his high-paying hedge fund job on the Apple TV+ series. He says, "What I really liked about his journey in the first season was just how much it settled on him when it was looking very dire in the last few episodes where he was going to have to really kind of come-to-Jesus about what he has gotten himself into and how that not only is going to affect his life, but also the people he really truly cares about, his children, his ex-wife, his sister. The collateral damage of all of this, I think, was something that he was really confronting in the last few episodes. It's a wonderful scene with Amanda Peet, where she says you've got to fight, you can't give up. Are your kids going to be the kids whose dad is in jail for murder? If you didn't do it, figure it out. That was a really lovely, important scene, and I think it really resonated with Coop, and it really hit home. And he really had to double down on figuring this out." Watch our complete interview with Jon Hamm. For the Prime Video series, Hodge's performance as Det. Alex Cross is the perfect combination of cerebral and physical, swaggering and sensitive, and tough and gentle that the role requires. "I think every actor has to maintain independent individuality when they approach any character, right? That's the artist's process," Hodge tells Gold Derby. "So I just thought about the honest foundation of his desires, his wants. What is his current situation as a man? Where can I connect to those things personally with my own life experience? And then it becomes a really easy process from there. When you focus on the nucleus of a character's honesty, it eliminates so many other factors that would serve to only deter your creativity. So really, you come up with your own version by not even trying to come up with your own version. You don't focus on that. You just focus on the character's honesty." Watch our complete video interview with Aldis Hodge. The Emmy winner plays Gi-hun, who is seeking revenge in Season 2 after winning the game for the first season. The cast and creator behind the Netflix show joined us for an exclusive interview. He says, "For Season 1 it was really about the competitive world that we live in. For Season 2, it's more about the democratic voting system. Does it really work? Because are taking sides, grouping together, clashing against one another. So there's that added layer of political message to it. And then Season 3 will come to you with another message. And I think these social and political messages were resonant not just in Korea only, but through the entire global community. It's things that we have to deal with, with all our might together. … And I loved how there's that virtual cycle of us bringing questions to the table, and people would think about it, they would talk about it after watching Squid Game, and then those conversations will circle back to us, the creators and cast, and we can add that to our next season." Watch our complete video interview with Lee Jung-jae. The second season of the Disney+ series wasn't merely the completion of Luna's own years-long trek to tell a story of how Rogue One's Cassian Andor became a hero of the Rebellion, it was part of a greater, game-changing transformation of the overall Star Wars universe. He says, "I'm very pleased. This has been a very long journey for us, but I wouldn't change anything. I think the challenges we went through, the complexity of the production and the executing of this — we went through COVID, we went through strikes, shooting far away from home — all of that paid off because this is a show that represents me as an artist, and as audience too. It's something I would like to see as audience, and I am proud to be part of something that is connecting like the show is connecting with audiences." Read our complete interview with Diego Luna. The Hunkpapa Lakota actor stars as Navajo Tribal Police Lt. Joe Leaphorn, who in Season 3 is navigating the effects of moral gray areas he entered during Season 2 which have landed him in the investigative crosshairs of an FBI agent. 'Authenticity is very important to us,' McClarnon told Gold Derby. 'The books are written by Tony Hillerman, and we as Native people are just trying to add a little different perspective, kind of recontextualize the books a little bit, and bring these characters to life — real Natives bringing these characters to life.' Read our complete interview with Zahn McClarnon. The newly-announced knight and Oscar winner Oldman plays abrasive MI5 boss Jackson Lamb, the rude, crass, and often drunk department head with a bracing panache on the Apple TV+ series. "As the seasons go on and incrementally more is revealed of Jackson, you as an actor are forming a more complete picture of him. And then of course we have Season 5, and that pulls back another layer of the onion to his character and really why he is the way he is," he says about fleshing out the why behind his grouchy, ill-tempered exterior. "It works in a way as a defense mechanism. He's not gonna let you in. You're not going to really get to know him. And that really is part of his skill also, because by doing that, he has an edge over you. I mean, we've said it before; people around him are playing checkers and Jackson Lamb is playing chess." Watch our complete interview with Gary Oldman. Perrineau plays Sheriff Boyd Stevens on the MGM+ horror drama set in a decaying old ghost town in middle America that appears to be under the control of an unknown malevolent force that traps anyone who arrives. Director Jack Bender goes, 'here's what we're going to do, kiddo, we're going to have her over there and we're gonna put the camera on you, and we're gonna let it go," he explains incredulously. "That's when you have to dig in, and put images in your brain that you know you don't want to be there forever and but you have to," he says. "That's the great part of it, and if I can let it happen, then I've gotten something out of it. And then, therefore, hopefully, the audience did too. I've gone to a new place in my own self where I can allow this to be, and don't have to be scared of it or anything like that. It was pretty wild shooting it," he recalls. Watch our complete interview with Harold Perrineau. The Oscar winner plays the title character for the Peacock series. By day, he is a quiet assassin, exacting and economical with his kills, a man of few words and a master of disguises. By night, he returns home to his other life in Spain, as Charles Calthrop, who is married to Nuria (Úrsula Corberó) and father to their son Carlito. "The thing that I found most challenging was ... there's something that is incredibly kind of refined and economic and ruthless about him, but that economy, weirdly, takes quite a lot of work," he says. "I'm the most flappable person imaginable and this character is deeply unflappable. So it was weird because it meant that I had to prep. I like prep anyway, but I had to prep, like, I would say fivefold to how I would normally, just on silly things. I remember there's a moment in the opening scene [in] the opening episode when I sort of dismantle this suitcase and turn it into a sniper's rifle, and I wanted it to be like a dance. And I wanted it to have that sort of cathartic satisfaction of everything fitting exactly in its right place. It took me weeks. I would just put classical music on I was sitting in the in the bedroom at the hotel I was staying at and just go over and over, trying to make it as fluid as possible. But that economy was the hardest thing." Watch our complete interview with Eddie Redmayne. The second season of the Apple TV+ series is about a near-future, retro-tinged dystopia where people could separate their work selves from their personal lives. The team behind the show, including Scott, joined our recent group discussion, where she discussed her approach to playing the innie and outie versions of her character. On playing both versions in the same scene, he says, "It was something that had been talked about all season and that I was honestly dreading because it sounded hard, and it sounded like something that I could screw up any number of ways. Shooting it was something I was freaked out about. We started really workshopping and going through it and massaging it pretty early on. Dan and the writers were changing it as we went. When we got on the set, we started really going through it with a fine-tooth comb and trying to figure out exactly what the conversation should be. We had to start shooting it on a Monday morning and we were changing it right up until, what, Friday night? And then we had to stop because I had to memorize it at some point." Watch our complete interview with Adam Scott. Thornton stars as Tommy Norris, an abrasive straight-shooter petroleum landman who takes charge of the lucrative and often precarious oilfields of West Texas for M-Tex, a giant oil corporation, for the Paramount+ drama. "I've had a lot of life experience. I've been around some pretty weird things. So you just kind of draw on those. If you've got a pillowcase over your head and people are dumping gasoline on you, it's not hard to imagine if somebody struck a match, even though it's not gasoline. It's claustrophobic. So the situation itself kind of puts you in the frame of mind," the recent Golden Globe nominee and past Oscar winner explains, referring to scenes in the season premiere and finale where the titular landman is tied to a chair and is being beaten while a pillowcase covers his head. Listen to our complete interview with Billy Bob Thornton. Vickers explains that he shot several episodes of the Prime Video Season 1 without knowing that his character, Halbrand, was actually the dark lord Sauron in disguise. And for Season 2, he also plays Sauron's new form called Annatar. Halbrand feels distinctly human, a 'low man' who works with his hands. By contrast, Annatar is ethereal, regal, and possesses a calm command of any room he enters. 'He's a Maia, which means basically he's a demigod,' explains Vickers, 'So you're going from playing a regular guy to this guy that is larger than life. So I had to learn a whole new way of moving.' Within the actor's physicality is a simmering power that Annatar dare not show. 'He's a lot more still and a lot more controlled and contained,' says Vickers, 'it is quite fun to play with the potential of this energy that is within him.' Watch our complete interview with Charlie Vickers. The star, executive producer, writer, and director plays Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch. His team at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center would go on to have a stressful, chaotic day, capped off with a mass casualty incident. He says, "The line of demarcation in healthcare can be drawn in 2020 before COVID, and we're living in the A.D. of it all. And I think, in some ways, that reset the clock on what modern healthcare looks like, and that became the focus of the show. How do we do a show that's more practitioner-centric, less patient-centric, and has a fidelity not just to terminology and to procedure but to the emotional truth of the compounding aggregate experiences that practitioners shoulder and don't have a lot of opportunity to offload?" Read our complete interview with Noah Wyle. Best of Gold Derby Kathy Bates, Minha Kim, Elisabeth Moss, and the best of our Emmy Drama Actress interviews Everything to know about 'The Pitt' Season 2 Adam Brody, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, and the best of our Emmy Comedy Actor interviews Click here to read the full article.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Random Musing: Why some Indian liberals are celebrating Zohran Mamdani — and think he is the new Obama
Zohran Mamdani's elevation as the Democrats' New York Mayoral candidate was oddly reminiscent of Daredevil: Born Again , the brutal Netflix show retrofitted to fit into the Kevin Feige Marvel Cinematic Universe. Most aficionados consider the original Daredevil series to be one of the finest comic shows of all time, with gritty realism, Catholic guilt, a banging opening theme, and a main character who, despite being blind, always manages to hook up with the best-looking member of the opposite sex — making one wonder if that is his actual superpower. It was, to quote Homelander, absolutely perfect. While Born Again fails to hit the heights of the original, it's still better than most of the muck being passed off as content from Marvel (looking at you, Brave New World). In the show, Wilson Fisk leaves behind a life of crime to become the Mayor of New York, while Matt Murdock hangs up his cowl and life mission to beat every villain to within an inch of his life to instead become a lawyer. But if life teaches us one thing, it's that one can never rebel against one's basic programming — as Fisk slowly returns to his criminal ways and Murdock to his vigilante instincts. What made the parallel uncanny was that Zohran Mamdani himself looked like he'd stepped out of that world. With his straggly-yet-cultivated beard and moody intensity, he almost resembles an ethnic Matt Murdock. And like Wilson Fisk, he wants to rule the city he loves but prefers viral TikTok reels to violence. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Milano: AudioNova cerca per un test 700 persone nate prima del 1974 AudioNova Undo While he has just become the Democratic nominee for now, his dismantling of the working corpse known as Andrew Cuomo has been celebrated with more gusto in the neighbourhoods of SoBo and DefCol than in the boroughs of New York. One reason for the celebration is that his win — however unrelated to the upper-class anglicised elite of India — is seen as a sort of personal validation of their crypto-political stance. The ones whom stand-up comedian Varun Grover describes performing liberalism by buying a ukulele and learning how to play Hum Dekhenge . Mamdani's ascent was immediately met with applause from the usual suspects, who couldn't name their own MLA with a gun to their head but are more bothered about who turns up on their Instagram reels. Some hailed his win (of a nomination, not as mayor) as a resounding symbol of multi-faith culturalism in Trumpian America, and a lesson India needed to learn — where apparently an 'inter-faith' kid could never come to power. Despite India already having presidents, PMs, and VPs from every major faith. And in contrast, Britain and America, two very old democracies, have only had one non-white premier each. Now why does this delusion exist. One hypothesis is that's because of two things: The Higgins-Macaulay Complex The Obama Delusion The Higgins-Macaulay Complex Mamdani's win is a testament to what one might call the Henry Higgins Delusion. While explaining to Eliza Doolittle the importance of speaking properly, Higgins claims: 'I know your head aches; I know you're tired; I know your nerves are as raw as meat in a butcher's window. But think what you're trying to accomplish. Think what you're dealing with. The majesty and grandeur of the English language, it's the greatest possession we have. The noblest thoughts that ever flowed through the hearts of men are contained in its extraordinary, imaginative, and musical mixtures of sounds. And that's what you've set yourself out to conquer Eliza. And conquer it you will.' It's the same delusion of Lord Babington Macaulay who claimed: 'A single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia.' That's why the proverbial progenitors of that legacy are derisively labelled Macaulayputra, a class of Indian who just look Indian but see the world through an Englishman's eyes, who believe that spoken English, when delivered with the correct polish and cadence, is god's gift to mankind. For a while, this Western-educated class were the ones who had access to power, leading to the delusion that fluency in English was necessary for fluency in governance. But while that currency has crashed, and knowing English is no proof of anything, other than the fact that you just know a language. Slowly, post-liberalisation, and the rise of the new temples of modern India, like the IITs and IIMs, access to English no longer remained the preserve of the elite. However, the clipped accent still hung around, as did the delusion that it's an access to power. They seek out eloquent figures in other countries and build them up as avatars of their lost relevance. Mamdani fits this fantasy perfectly. He speaks the way they wish Indian voters rewarded. But they don't. Not anymore. The Obama Delusion The other reason for our liberal brethren finding meaning in election results across the world and not India is what one calls the Obama Delusion. There's no doubt that Barack Hussein Obama — an inter-faith kid and global citizen like Zohran Mamdani — was the last great charismatic liberal leader in the post-WWII order. Of course, without Obama there would be no Trump but now with a lack of charismatic leaders who can marry the many contradictions of the liberal order, almost every politician is raised to an Obama-like profile. The prognosis follows a simple trajectory: Identify a slightly popular political leader. If you can't find one, rally around a cricketer or actor. Build them up in your head to the point that you think they are Barack Obama, the patron saint of global liberals. Project your own political helplessness into their lives, and believe that their wins are ours. They have done enough of that in India, and often do that outside India. With politicians like Jacinda Ardern, Justin Trudeau, and Zohran Mamdani. Of course, there's nothing wrong in that, and as Bertrand Russell explained in Power: A New Social Analysis, a follower follows a leader simply because they believe they imbibe the qualities of that leader. And Mamdani is the new Obama (which he is) but not in the way my desi liberal brethren think. Many Indian liberals have turned Mamdani into their favourite imported political fantasy — despite understanding neither New York nor Mamdani. Their reaction isn't rooted in ideology or data or even solidarity. It's based on projection. On aesthetic resonance. Mamdani speaks English the way they wish a politician in India did — fluid, international, urbane. He says 'housing justice' with the confidence of someone who's never said paani nahi aa raha. He makes snappy campaign reels. He speaks like a Substack, looks like a Sundance submission, and embodies everything Indian liberals have failed to find in a politician close home. But if you scrape past the filters, things look very different. As geneticist and blogger Razib Khan explained on X, Mamdani pulled an Obama by fusing wine-track whites immigrant Asians, much like Obama did with whites and black voters. As another user, Armand Domalewski explained: 'It is funny that both Zohran's haters and his fans are deeply committed to the idea he won on the backs of a multiracial working-class coalition when his strongest soldiers were college-educated, $100k+ income white guys.' In short, Mamdani didn't win because he's the face of the poor. He won because he's the algorithmic avatar of the liberal creative class. And that's precisely why Indian liberals love him. They too have no real mass base. They too are deeply online. And they too long for a politics that is less about persuasion and more about aesthetic affirmation. Mamdani, to them, is aspirational — not ideologically, but socio-linguistically. The irony, of course, is that Mamdani's politics, if implemented in India, would be dismissed by the same elite as 'economic illiteracy.' His ideas — rent freezes, free public buses, universal childcare, city-run grocery stores — would be mocked as communist nostalgia if proposed in Delhi. But wrapped in New York branding and TikTok transitions, it becomes romantic. Revolutionary, even. As economist and writer Noah Smith explains in a Substack post, the actual policy is economically brittle. Rent control would choke supply. City-run grocery stores are bureaucratic disasters waiting to happen. Noah Smith's takedown of Mamdani's policies is worth quoting here. While Mamdani talks eloquently about 'outcomes,' 'abundance,' and 'efficiency,' the actual policy slate is economically brittle. Rent control, Smith warns, will choke supply. City-run grocery stores are a bureaucratic disaster waiting to happen. The housing construction target of 200,000 units over 10 years is slower than past decades. Free childcare is noble but ruinously expensive. Free buses are politically popular but fiscally unsustainable. The vibe is Scandinavian. The budget is not. Even his most reasonable rhetoric — about public excellence, innovation, and removing red tape — sounds eerily like classic technocrat-speak. The kind that Indian liberals usually deride when it comes from NITI Aayog. But Mamdani wraps it in DSA branding and a postcolonial surname, and suddenly it becomes cool. As for the Israel controversy — he's not the extremist his critics claim. But he's also not immune to strategic ambiguity. His past defences of slogans like 'Globalise the Intifada' have hurt him, and his attempt to reframe the term as non-violent was — at best — intellectually dishonest. It hasn't helped the Palestinians. It has fed into America's Jewish anxieties. It's a misstep, and one that could haunt his broader electability. But none of this matters to his Indian fanbase. Because their politics isn't about consequences — it's about catharsis. Mamdani may or may not become mayor. But in the mind of the Indian liberal elite, he already is. Not because he represents what they want for India — but because he reminds them of what India no longer wants from them. Eloquence without mass support. Style without sweat. Surnames without soil. But here's the rub. Mamdani's rise says very little about America. And even less about India. It says everything about a certain class of Indians who no longer matter — but still speak as if they do. And like Daredevil: Born Again, the series doesn't end with a quiet retirement or a courtroom win — it ends with Murdock setting up an army. An underground network. A long war to come. Time will tell how far Zohran Mamdani goes in American politics. At this point he's certainly more camera-friendly than Kamala Harris, whose vacillating accents and out-of-context cackle alienated both Indians and Blacks. Could he become Mayor? Probably, because New York is a uniquely left-of-centre city. Meanwhile, MAGA stalwarts are having a laugh thinking that Mamdani's win shows the Democrats don't know what their party is anymore. That may be true but they should remember one thing. In 2015, people used to laugh at Donald Trump as well.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
What Time Is ‘Ironheart' on Disney+?
The next Marvel TV show has arrived, and it's about time. 'Ironheart' was shot back in 2022, but is now finally being released to the public after Dominique Thorne's Riri Williams was first introduced in the MCU sequel 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.' But when can you watch 'Ironheart?' And for how long? 'Ironheart' premieres on Disney+ at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET on June 24 with its first three episodes. The final three episodes will premiere on Disney+ on July 1, also at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET. Set after the events of 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,' Marvel Television's 'Ironheart' finds Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) — a young, genius inventor determined to make her mark on the world — returning to her hometown of Chicago. Her unique take on building iron suits is brilliant, but in pursuit of her ambitions, she finds herself wrapped up with the mysterious yet charming Parker Robbins aka 'The Hood' (Anthony Ramos). The show is executive produced by 'Wakanda Forever' filmmaker Ryan Coogler and opens up another corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 'Ironheart' is the second and last new Marvel show to debut on Disney+ in 2025 after 'Daredevil: Born Again.' It comes at a time when Marvel is slowing down its output of TV shows, opting to release just two shows a year instead of three or four. The next Marvel show after the six-episode 'Ironheart' will be the second season of 'Daredevil: Born Again,' which premieres in 2026. For now, you can watch the first half of 'Ironheart' — which also stars Lyric Ross, Alden Ehrenreich, Regan Aliyah, Manny Montana, Matthew Elam and Anji White — starting tonight. Chinaka Hodge is head writer on the show and episodes are directed by Sam Bailey and Angela Barnes. Executive producers include Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, Zoie Nagelhout, Chinaka Hodge, Ryan Coogler, Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler. The post What Time Is 'Ironheart' on Disney+? appeared first on TheWrap.
Time of India
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
'Cobra Kai' star Martin Kove accused of BITING and attempting to kiss co-star Alicia Hannah-Kim; Here's why he wasn't arrested
C obra Kai actor Martin Kove, best known for his role as the villain John Kreese, was accused of biting and attempting to kiss his co-star Alicia Hannah-Kim during a fan convention. The incident occurred during a meet-and-greet session at the pop culture convention in Puyallup. According to a police report obtained by Deadline, Hannah-Kim alleged that Kove unexpectedly grabbed her arm and bit it 'almost drawing blood' as she walked past his table. When she cried out in pain, he reportedly kissed her arm and attempted to grab it again. In a written statement to police, the actress described the bite as unprovoked and forceful, noting that the mark left behind was already 'turning blue and bruising.' Photos of the injury were taken and attached to the official police record. Her husband, actor Sebastian Roche, who witnessed the incident, confronted Kove soon after. In her statement, she recalled that Kove was 'furious and outraged' when she calmly told him his behaviour was unacceptable. Kove allegedly dismissed the act as playful, saying he thought it was funny and that they 'play fight all the time on set.' The Puyallup Police Department Officer Eric Barry, investigating the matter on-site wrote in his report, "Martin Kove admitted to biting Alicia's arm and said he did it out of jest." by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Brass Krishna Idols For Prosperity & Protection In Life Luxeartisanship Shop Now Undo The actor, however, was not arrested as Hannah-Kim ultimately chose not to press charges. She did request that a formal informational report be filed and asked for photographic documentation of the bite. Kove and Hannah-Kim were part of a group of Cobra Kai cast members in attendance at the high-profile event, including Mary Mouser, Tanner Buchanan, Rayna Vallandingham, and Patrick Luwis. Summer Con 2025 also hosted stars from Daredevil: Born Again, original Star Trek icons like William Shatner and Walter Koenig, and wrestling legend Chris Jericho. Kove rose to fame as the villainous Kreese in the original Karate Kid trilogy and reprised the role across all six seasons of Netflix's Cobra Kai. Hannah-Kim joined the franchise in Season 5 as Kim Da-Eun, a fierce South Korean sensei.
