Jennifer Garner Electro Recently made her return to the big screen to much fanfare and acclaim, but her version of Daredevil’s longtime lover was not always so well received. Acclaimed comic book artist Amanda Conner was so disappointed in the 2005 Electro movie that she actually cried while watching it. Conner knows a thing or two about the character, as she was actually the model for Elektra’s greatest story.
Amanda Conner’s husband, Jimmy Palmiotti, detailed how she became the model for Elektra at the “Daredevil: 60-Year Anniversary” panel during Dragon Con 2024.My wife (Amanda Conner) is actually Elektra in Electra assassin” Palmiotti said, talking about the seminal 1986 series by writer Frank Miller and artist Bill Sienkiewicz.
Conner was working as Sienkiewicz’s assistant at the time, and her favorite character was Elektra. “She dressed as the character for Halloween“, Palmiotti continued, “And Bill said, ‘I have to take a million pictures of you for reference!’“
Artist Amanda Conner was the model for Elektra in Electra: Assassin
Like the first series of Elektra, the eight-part Elektra: Assassin sees the title character held in a mental institution in South America, her previous memories erased. The fractured storyline that follows features political assassinations, psychic powers and cybernetic shield agentsThe ultimate in ’80s excess filtered through the lens of Miller and Sienkiewicz’s heightened sensibility. The fact that Sienkiewicz’s model for Elektra would go on to be one of the top artists working in comics in the following decades adds to the project’s storied legacy.
Released in 1986, Electra: Assassin It hit the industry like a bomb, and the ripple effects of it are still felt to this day. Much like the contemporary series The Dark Knight returns And Guard, Elektra: Assassin Helped to broaden the scope of what comics could be, turning what many considered to be a disposable medium exclusively for children into an art form to be taken seriously by the mainstream media. Much of this lay in Sienkiewicz’s ground-breaking artwork, with his exaggerated painterly style that captured the psychodrama and violent action of Miller’s writings.
Electra: Assassin is one of the greatest Marvel comics of all time
Given that Amanda Conner loved Elektra enough to dress up as her on Halloween, it’s understandable that she would be excited for the antihero’s big screen debut. Palmiotti humorously recalled the two of them went to see the Electro Movie when it was in theaters in 2005. At one point, Palmiotti said he looked at Conner to see her crying. “Electra is her favorite“, Palmiotti noted, highlighting how disappointing the movie ended up being for them.
With rich source material like Elektra: Assassin To draw from, it’s disappointing that the only Electro Solo film was so far removed from the character in the comics that he is almost unrecognizable. Even now that Jennifer Garner has returned to the role in Deadpool & WolverinePerhaps the actor could have been told to bring something like that again. Electra: Assassin to the big screen.
Source: Jimmy Palmiotti, “Daredevil: 60-Year Anniversary,” Dragon Con 2024
Elektra is a 2005 superhero film directed by Rob Bowman, starring Jennifer Garner as the titular character, Elektra Nachios. The film followed Elektra, an assassin-for-hire who wrestles with her dark past and embarks on a journey of redemption. When she takes on a dangerous mission, she must confront powerful enemies and her deepest fears. Elektra is a spin-off of the 2003 film Daredevil, also starring Garner.