Marvel's The Punisher New Trailer Breakdown: 11 Things You Need To See
3. More Rawlins
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Rawlins, for those not in the know, is - at the current moment at least - the upcoming series' primary antagonist.
Played by Paul Schulze, the character was first introduced in the Punisher's sixth volume, created by Garth Ennis. While operating in the Middle East, Rawlins shoved his ex-wife out of a flying helicopter to protect the secrecy of the drug trade he was supporting with his unit. He later set up an operation to kill Frank Castle with partner Nicky Cavella, which he managed to screw-up somewhat spectacularly.
Ex-wife Kathryn O'Brien and Castle end up torturing the bloke, which results in him losing an eye. Eagle-eyed viewers will have noticed that the MCU's Rawlins is partially blind in one eye too, and it's unlikely to be just a simple nod to the comics.
Rawlins hasn't even said a line and yet he's still able to fashion a terrifying presence on camera. Could he be another Kingpin in the making?
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
