Jon Bernthal says the line “Let me tell you something” shows up in every script he gets, and it will be spoken in The Odyssey. He also said the phrase began naturally with Shane on The Walking Dead, then kept getting written into most projects he appears in.
Shane and The Walking Dead
Bernthal put the line on the record in an interview with CBR, saying, “it is in every script!” That is the clearest sign the phrase has stopped being a one-off bit of dialogue and become part of the way writers build scenes around him.
On The Walking Dead, the line originated naturally with Shane, and Bernthal said writers later found ways to fold it into most projects. That makes the phrase less like a catchphrase and more like a script-level shortcut for a type of character he keeps being asked to play: blunt, forceful, and direct.
The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Bernthal said he will say “Let me tell you something” in The Odyssey, where he plays Menelaus. In the first trailer scene, Menelaus asks Telemachus if he can share some information with him, which gives the line a fresh use instead of a recycled gag.
Later this month, Bernthal returns as Frank Castle in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and that is where the wrinkle starts. The line will be in The Odyssey, but whether Frank Castle says it in Spider-Man: Brand New Day is still the open question Bernthal’s own pattern creates, because the phrase has followed him from Shane into nearly everything else he does.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is set to hit theaters on July 31, 2026, with Destin Daniel Cretton directing and Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers writing. If the line shows up there too, it would reinforce how firmly Bernthal has turned one bit of dialogue into a signature that survives character changes and franchise shifts.
