Marvel TV's Executive Vice President has opened up about the role of Elektra in the second season of Netflix's Daredevil.

The character - as played by Elodie Yung - will "break your heart", according to Jeph Loeb.

"You will fall in love with Elodie Yung as Elektra, and she will break your heart, because that's what Elektra does to people," Loeb told ComicBook.com.

"When you float Charlie Cox (as Matt Murdock/Daredevil) into that group, and Deborah Ann Woll and Elden Henson, as Karen and Foggy, it just is an extraordinary cast. 

"I just think people are going to be incredibly delighted by the story that Doug [Petrie] and Marco [Ramirez] and the writing staff came up with for this season."

Loeb described new character The Punisher as "extraordinarily memorable, in every way".

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Season two of Daredevil will also explore Matt Murdock's idea of "what it is to be a hero".

Loeb continued: "What's fantastic about the story is, is that it's created this enormous division in his life, because the woman that he once loved has returned - and she certainly has some issues with morality, and how you get the job done - and going on the other end of the spectrum is Frank Castle, who believes that justice needs to be served in a particular way.

"For Matt, who believes in the law, the question of whether or not he is a vigilante, and whether or not that makes him the same as these people, is something that will drive the story, and will drive Matt."

Season two of Daredevil will premiere on Netflix on March 18. Watch a teaser below:

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