Doctor Strange actor Benedict Cumberbatch went to extreme lengths to avoid spoiling the big twists in (2021). Of any film in the MCU Phase 4, offered the biggest spectacle and spoiler-heavy twists. The most (or, in reality, the least) shocking aspect of was the as Peter Parker from different Spider-Man universes. Keeping the previous Spider-Man actors’ returns a secret was a difficult task for ’s cast, but Cumberbatch took surprisingly extreme measures to avoid spoiling the story.
As an experienced actor in the film industry who had been part of the MCU since 2016, Benedict Cumberbatch was already aware of the best practices to avoid spoiling the most exciting twists in his movies.
Of course, for , it was Tom Holland who was feared to be the actor to spoil the multiversal Peter Parker storyline. Andrew Garfield had explicitly denied any involvement in on multiple occasions prior to its release, but it was always suspected that wasn’t being entirely truthful. While Cumberbatch didn’t flat-out lie about ’s story, he did go to extreme lengths to avoid spoiling it.
Like many of his MCU costars, Cumberbatch would avoid directly answering any questions about who would appear in and what the story would entail. However, he also surprisingly revealed that in order to avoid spoiling
for himself or others, he chose not to read the entire script (via ). Similar to many fans, Cumberbatch wanted to experience the “” of ’s twists without spoilers, so if the actor’s tactic can be believed, he likely didn’t actually have the answers to many of the spoiler-heavy questions he was asked. Since he was featured from the beginning until the end of the movie, Cumberbatch certainly went to extreme lengths to avoid .
Another manner in which Benedict Cumberbatch went to extreme lengths to avoid spoiling an MCU movie was when he stopped Tom Holland from accidentally letting certain details slip about . During interviews with both actors, Holland was struggling to sidestep certain questions without spoiling details, which led to Cumberbatch covering the young actor’s mouth or interrupting the Peter Parker actor with various noises in the middle of his responses. It seems Holland learned from his slips, as the actor only let a cryptic few details slide in his promotion of .
The MCU’s was then followed up by Benedict Cumberbatch’s second solo venture,
. Again requiring extreme lengths to avoid spoiling , Benedict Cumberbatch had to cleverly dodge questions by answering almost nothing about the film’s story. However, once several leaks of major events from made their way around the internet before the film’s premiere, Marvel blocked responses to their posts on social media, which may be one of the most extreme ways the franchise has gone about avoiding spoilers.
