Did Cobie Smulders know she was enjoying a Skrull? The Maria Hill actress reveals that Marvel hid one of many largest twists from her whereas filming Spider-Man: Far From House.
Loads of stunning moments stuffed the minutes of Spider-Man: Far From House, however maybe none moreso than the reveal that Maria Hill and Nick Fury had secretly been Skrull brokers all through the movie. This left followers excited for (and primed to be dissatisfied by) the opportunity of a Secret Invasion storyline. Nonetheless, in keeping with Cobie Smulders, Marvel by no means informed her in regards to the twist till filming had already wrapped.
“I wasn’t actually me. I didn’t know that till the top, till we had completed capturing,” Smulders defined throughout a latest panel at Terrificon 2024. “[Marvel Studios] let me know. They have been like, ‘Simply so you recognize, we have been gonna do that factor. They wished me to play it [normally]. Even when I knew the entire time, I believe we nonetheless could be enjoying the fact of the day-to-day.”
Cobie Smulders could be removed from the one actress that Marvel has lied to over time. Nonetheless, given how monumental the Skrull reveal was on the finish of Spider-Man: No Approach House, it’s attention-grabbing that they didn’t even clue her in to the concept that she was enjoying a unique model of Maria Hill. Although givent he character’s future within the MCU, it might have been finest she received to play an genuine model of the character one final time.
May Cobie Smulders Return As Maria Hill?
Marvel’s determination to kill off Cobie Smulders’ Maria Hill in Secret Invasion has gone down as some of the controversial in the entire MCU. Whereas followers anticipated her to doubtlessly find yourself as a Skrull, there was some quantity of hope that some of the iconic brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D. would come out on the opposite facet of the Disney Plus sequence unscathed.
Following her demise within the Skrull-centric sequence, many have puzzled if there’s an opportunity Marvel might retcon her destiny so she might return within the MCU. Cobie Smulders clearly has a very good relationship with the studio, together with her having reprised her position as Maria Hill within the animated present Moon Lady and Satan Dinosaur. Nonetheless, it appears an precise live-action comeback for the character has been left on the chopping room ground.
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