At this point, it is a known fact that every single person involved in an MCU project is not allowed to divulge any spoilers. However, occasionally, some of them would still accidentally slip some information which has been the case with actors such as Tom Holland and Mark Ruffalo in the past. So what exactly happens when an MCU actor reveals spoilers in public?
In an interview with Radio Times, Alfred Molina, who reprised his role of Doc Ock in Spider-Man: No Way Home, was asked whether there is a possibility that he will return to play the character again.
However, the actor refused to give out any answers as he revealed that he actually got reprimanded by Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige when he accidentally spoiled his return in Spider-Man: No Way Home months before its release.
"I can neither confirm nor deny," he responded. "That's the official line. I got into a bit of trouble over the last iteration because I happened to let the cat out of the bag quite innocently."
The actor continued, "Just accidentally, I was talking to a journalist who said, 'So, you know, how's the Spider-Man movie going?' And I went, 'Oh, great thanks'. Then literally the next day, Variety was like, 'Alfred Molina reveals Doc Ock returns.'"
"And I got into such trouble. I was getting phone calls from Amy Pascal, Kevin Feige was on the red carpet somewhere and somebody asked him about some Marvel movie and apparently he got a bit snippy and turned around and said, 'Ask Alfred Molina.' So I got into a little bit of hot water. So that's the official line - I can neither confirm nor deny."
While we know that the MCU actors will get into trouble if they reveal any spoilers publicly ahead of its release, Molina's anecdote is a great reminder that there are consequences that they have to deal with when it happens, especially considering that they also signed an NDA when they joined the project.
This also explains why Molina's appearance in the film was already revealed by the first trailer and there is nothing that Marvel and Sony can do at that point to conceal his involvement. However, it did also end up with fans speculating about the other characters will show up in the film and, as a result, generated a lot of hype prior to the release.
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Spider-Man: No Way Home is now available to watch in home video and VOD platforms.
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