Jon Bernthal Says Disney Allowed 1 Dog Death in Ultra-Violent Punisher Special

3 articles · Updated · Esquire · May 13

Jon Bernthal said he was stunned Disney approved a dog-killing scene in The Punisher: One Last Kill, even though he co-wrote the Marvel special.
One sequence shows Bernthal's Punisher stabbing a thug in the neck with a pen, while another has a kidnapped dog thrown toward a trash truck — violence Bernthal said Disney "let me do."
Bernthal said Marvel had floated softer ideas for the character, including versions where Frank Castle taught English or became a chess grandmaster, before he pushed back.
He said the finished special instead leans into blunt violence and psychological themes including military PTSD and suicide, arguing that is what Punisher fans want from the character.

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