‘Thunderbolts’ star jokes about Marvel’s secrecy around Avengers: Doomsday: “they just hold a knife to your neck”
Marvel keeps ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ under lock and key, and its stars aren’t spared.
Marvel Studios has built a reputation for extreme secrecy, ensuring details about its biggest projects remain hidden until the right moment. While promoting ’Thunderbolts’, actor Wyatt Russell joked about the studio’s strict spoiler policies, humorously describing their intense approach to keeping ’Avengers: Doomsday’ under wraps.
Russell’s take on Marvel’s legendary security
Reprising his role as John Walker/US Agent, Russell touched on Marvel’s media training during an interview with Deadline, delivering a tongue-in-cheek take on how actors must avoid leaks at all costs:
“Media training for ’Doomsday’ is they just hold a knife to your neck and said ‘You say anything, and it’s over’."
While clearly a joke, his comment reflects Marvel’s long-standing tradition of enforcing strict confidentiality, ensuring actors don’t reveal any key details about their films, especially one as highly anticipated as ’Avengers: Doomsday‘.
Marvel’s extreme secrecy: how far does it go?
Marvel Studios has long employed rigorous measures to prevent leaks, including:
- Fake scripts → Some actors receive misleading versions of the script to throw off potential leaks.
- Limited plot access → Even major stars are kept in the dark about key story details.
- Ironclad NDAs → Cast members must sign strict confidentiality agreements to prevent leaks.
Russell’s ’Thunderbolts’ co-star David Harbour (Red Guardian) also chimed in, humorously describing the secrecy process as “the most terrifying stunt imaginable”.
Marvel Studios continues to reinforce its ironclad secrecy policies, ensuring that ’Avengers: Doomsday’ remains shrouded in mystery. While Wyatt Russell’s comment was clearly a joke, it underscores the intense environment Marvel actors navigate, where even the slightest slip-up could have major consequences.
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