Did Cobie Smulders know she was taking part in a Skrull? The Maria Hill actress reveals that Marvel hid one of many greatest twists from her whereas filming Spider-Man: Far From Residence.

Loads of surprising moments crammed 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 disenchanted by) the potential for a Secret Invasion storyline. Nonetheless, in keeping with Cobie Smulders, Marvel by no means instructed her concerning 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 understand, 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 can be taking part in the truth of the day-to-day.”

Cobie Smulders can 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 Manner Residence, it’s attention-grabbing that they didn’t even clue her in to the concept she was taking part in a unique model of Maria Hill. Although givent he character’s future within the MCU, it could 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 resolution to kill off Cobie Smulders’ Maria Hill in Secret Invasion has gone down as some 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 some of the iconic brokers of S.H.I.E.L.D. would come out on the opposite aspect of the Disney Plus sequence unscathed.

Following her demise within the Skrull-centric sequence, many have questioned if there’s an opportunity Marvel may retcon her destiny so she may return within the MCU. Cobie Smulders clearly has a very good relationship with the studio, along 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 reducing room ground.

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