Cobie Smulders recently revealed that she was not aware of Spider-Man: Far from Home's surprise Skrull twist during filming.
After making a cameo in Avengers: Endgame, the actress immediately made her next MCU appearance in the second Tom Holland Spider-Man movie where she continued her tenure as Maria Hill alongside Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury.
However, during the post-credits scene, it was revealed that the Maria Hill and Nick Fury that we've been seeing throughout the film were impersonated by the Skrulls Talos and Soren as ordered by the real Fury.
Cobie Smulders on Spider-Man: Far from Home's Maria Hill Skrull Twist
While appearing at a panel at Terrificon 2024, Smulders shared that she was not aware during the filming of Spider-Man: Far from Home that Maria Hill would be revealed to be a Skrull in disguise.
"I wasn't really me. I didn't know that until the end, until we had finished shooting. [Marvel Studios] let me know. They were like, 'Just so you know, we were gonna do this thing,'" she said.
The actress also revealed that she was instructed while filming that she would play Maria Hill in a normal manner.
"They wanted me to play it [normally]. Even if I knew the whole time, I think we still would be playing the reality of the day-to-day," Smulders added.
At that time, it was truly an interesting twist as it showed us the capabilities of the Skrull's disguise and it set up the events of Secret Invasion, which ended up killing off Maria and received negative reviews from fans and critics.
So far, Smulders' day in the MCU seems to be over now and there are no plans for the actress to return to another project in some capacity.
She has expressed her interest in returning someday even if her character already met her tragic demise.
"I would love to go back, but I have no idea what they have in store for the future of Marvel or my character at this point," the actress said.
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