Although the first episode of Marvel’s Secret Invasion The series only airs on Wednesdays, people can’t stop talking about his, um, last moments. Maria Hillplayed by Cobie Smulders since 2012 The Avengersweighed what HE thought happened. The news has already spread to most of the nerdernet, but if you’re lucky enough not to know…
Maria Hill, Nick Fury’s right-hand woman, dies, shot in the gut by a rebel Skrull masquerading as her friend and mentor. It’s the question that fans have been nervous about ever since Secret InvasionThe inaugural episode debuted when Hill realized it was a Skrull in disguise, or when he believed he had been betrayed. Smulders has her own answer.
Talked to Vanity Fair, the Smulders chose the happier of the two options. “For Fury to see himself, to know that Hill thought Fury shot him — that was the pain of that moment,” Smulders told the publication. “I like to think that he, by the time he passed, knew he wasn’t. At first, it was terrifying and very confusing. But I like to think he got there. “
Personally, I agree with the assessment of Smulders, mainly because Maria Hill is an intelligent, capable person who knows. he was literally at the time chasing shape-shifting aliens who wanted him dead, and thus a much, much, more likely cause than the real Nick Fury. Maria Hill is no dummy… er, not no dummy.
This, of course, raises the question of whether Maria Hill is Granted dead, because the Marvel Cinematic Universe is currently the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse, where theoretically an infinite number of Maria Hills could be running. The character is rumored to be the star The Wonders, which will be released this November. Smulders says, “I don’t know anything about that,” as legally bound by the terrible vow of silence that Marvel Studios forces its stars to take. It doesn’t matter – these are comic book movies, no one needs to stay dead if a future story needs it – but there’s a much easier explanation. Maria Hill appeared Spider-Man: Far From Homeonly revealed to be Soren the Skrull in disguise, accompanied by Talos as Nick Fury, acting as agents for the former SHIELD director while he was on vacation in space.
Dead or not, Hill/Smulders had one hell of a run. Even if you don’t count Far from Homehe was in all four Avengers films, and appeared in Captain America: Civil War. Goodbye, Maria and Cobie. You are missed. Maybe. Maybe. Oh, who the hell knows—or rather, who is allowed to speak?
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