Did Cobie Smulders know she was taking part in a Skrull? The Maria Hill actress reveals that Marvel hid one of many largest twists from her whereas filming Spider-Man: Far From Residence.
Loads of surprising moments stuffed the minutes of Spider-Man: Far From Residence, 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 disillusioned by) the potential of a Secret Invasion storyline. Nonetheless, in accordance 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 tip, till we had completed taking pictures,” Smulders defined throughout a current panel at Terrificon 2024. “[Marvel Studios] let me know. They have been like, ‘Simply so , we have been gonna do that factor. They needed me to play it [normally]. Even when I knew the entire time, I feel we nonetheless could be taking part in the truth of the day-to-day.”
Cobie Smulders could be removed from the one actress that Marvel has lied to through the years. Nonetheless, given how monumental the Skrull reveal was on the finish of Spider-Man: No Means Residence, it’s fascinating that they didn’t even clue her in to the concept that she was taking part in a special model of Maria Hill. Although givent he character’s future within the MCU, it might have been finest she acquired 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 one of the controversial in all the MCU. Whereas followers anticipated her to probably find yourself as a Skrull, there was some quantity of hope that one of the iconic brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D. would come out on the opposite aspect of the Disney Plus collection unscathed.
Following her loss of life within the Skrull-centric collection, many have puzzled if there’s an opportunity Marvel may retcon her destiny so she may return within the MCU. Cobie Smulders clearly has a great 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 flooring.
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