Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill in Marvel Studios' “Secret Invasion”.Photo:Des Willie © 2023 MARVEL
Des Willie © 2023 MARVEL
This post contains spoilers forSecret Invasion.
Cobie Smuldersknows how to keep a secret.
In a recentinterview withThe Hollywood Reporter, theSecret Invasionstar, 41, opened up about her character Agent Maria Hill’s shocking fate — and revealed that she’s actually known about the big Marvel twist for “years.”
Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in “Secret Invasion”.Des Willie/MARVEL
“I was told right away,” Smulders toldTHRof the twist. “[Marvel Studios co-president] Lou D’Esposito gave me a call to chat about just joining up [onSecret Invasion], and so I’ve known about it for years, which is really funny.”
TheHow I Met Your Motheralum admitted she’s “surprised” that she didn’t let her character’s fate “slip” or that major spoilers weren’t leaked ahead of the series finale.
“There were a lot of people around, so I’m surprised that there wasn’t an image that got leaked,” she said. “I guess that’s the respect that Marvel has earned over the last decade, which is like, ‘Don’t spoil it for people.’ And nobody did, thankfully.”
When it comes to the possibility of bringing Maria back again in the future, Smulders said she’s open to the idea. The Canada native also emphasized that she’s extremely grateful for her “amazing” 10 years in the MCU, calling it a “dream job.”
Cobie Smulders attends the “High School” Premiere in 2022.Araya Doheny/Getty Images
“I will always answer the call, but I have no idea what they have planned for future productions. But I guess anything’s possible in the multiverse,” she toldTHR. “It has been an amazing 10 years of being a part of something that is so beloved and makes people so excited.”
Speaking to PEOPLE ahead ofSecret Invasion’s premiere, Smuldersteasedthat the series would be darker and grittier than previous Marvel shows.
“This series is much more dark in tone than ones previous,” she shared in May. “It’s hard to know who to trust.”
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New episodes ofSecret Invasionair Wednesdays on Disney+
source: people.com
