There is no Matt Murdock without Karen Page and Foggy Nelson. At least that’s the belief held by Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane. Before a creative overhaul in October 2023, Karen and Foggy were not in Born Again.

Matt Murdock's best friends and law associates, Foggy Nelson and Karen Page, were almost left out of the upcoming MCU show Daredevil: Born Again. However, showrunner Dario Scardapane was "willing to lose a job over this one",

Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane has explained why he pushed for Foggy Nelson, and Karen Page to return and says that, before the overhaul, the show was "trying to blaze a new trail."

Showrunner Dario Scardapane explains why Daredevil doesn't work without Matt Murdock's closest friends. Read more at Empire.

Daredevil: Born Again nearly didn’t include two of the most important characters in Daredevil franchise, but showrunner Dario Scardapane wasn’t about to ditch them. When Scardapane joined the project,

"Season 3 of the Netflix show ended with a dream... if you don’t pay that off, you’re not giving your characters context."

I don’t think there’s anything else even in the ballpark. There’s a moment in this that is just absolutely batshit, and way past anything Netflix ever did. True to Scardapone's claims, the first official trailer for Daredevil: Born Again was a masterclass in balance between calm — Charlie Cox's Matt Murdock having a public,