Charlie Cox Talked To Close Friend Tom Hiddleston About Daredevil's Return First
Tom Hiddleston encouraged Charlie Cox to attend a screening of Spider-Man: No Way Home to hear the audience react to his Daredevil cameo. Cox's MCU journey has been long and winding, and it seems like it's far from over. He first made his debut in the franchise with the Marvel Netflix show Daredevil, where he played lead character Matt Murdock. Cox was also one of the primary stars of The Defenders, a series that united all the leads of Marvel's Netflix library. However, despite immense fan support, the 2018 cancellation of Daredevil put Cox's future as the blind vigilante on hold.
Then, Spider-Man: No Way Home happened. Throughout the film's production and in the lead-up to its release, Cox was heavily rumored to make another appearance as Matt. Like Andrew Garfield, he denied it, but also like Garfield, there were leaks that hinted at his role. No Way Home then premiered in December and revealed Matt to be Peter Parker's (Tom Holland) lawyer for the aftermath of Mysterio's (Jake Gyllenhaal) reign of terror. Since then, Cox has confirmed he knows there's something new coming for Daredevil in the MCU, though it isn't yet clear what that something is.
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Leaks aside, Cox's No Way Home Daredevil cameo was kept tightly under wraps before the film premiered. Cox himself was careful about who he told, though there was one person he was able to reach out to early on: Fellow MCU alum Tom Hiddleston. Speaking to ComicBook.com about his AMC+ series Kin, Cox revealed he called Hiddleston to discuss his No Way Home role. It was during that call when Hiddleston advised him to sneak into a screening so that he could enjoy the audience's reaction to his
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