Avengers: Doomsday Star Simu Liu Says Marvel Doesn't Tell Cast 'Anything' Because Tom Holland and Mark Ruffalo 'Ruined It for All of Us'

It’s official: Shang-Chi is coming backmost to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The monolithic Avengers: Doomsday livestream revealed that Simu Liu would successful information beryllium returning for the upcoming ensemble movie — but due to the fact that of however tight-lipped Marvel Studios is astir imaginable spoilers, helium was beauteous quiescent himself astir the information that his sanction was going to amusement up connected the backmost of a seat alongside different MCU greats.

Last month's Avengers: Doomsday formed uncover was dense connected seasoned X-Men actors. Kelsey Grammer, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, and James Marsden are each present acceptable to look successful Avengers: Doomsday, confirming the X-Men are successful the movie successful a large way. Grammer famously played Beast successful the Fox X-Men franchise earlier making his MCU debut via The Marvels' post-credits scene. Stewart played Charles Xavier/Professor X successful the X-Men films earlier appearing concisely successful the MCU via Doctor Strange successful the Multiverse of Madness arsenic a subordinate of the Illuminati. McKellen, who played Magneto, has yet to look successful the MCU. Neither has Cumming, who played Nightcrawler, Romijn, who played Mystique, nor Marsden, who played Cyclops. It begs the question: is Avengers: Doomsday secretly an Avengers vs. X-Men movie?

"I knew I was going to beryllium progressive successful it to immoderate capacity,” Liu explained of the movie during a caller quality connected the Jennifer Hudson Show. “But I didn't cognize who other they were announcing. They don't archer america anything. Tom Holland and Mark Ruffalo ruined it for each of us. Now, they don't archer us.”

Liu is of people referring to the present infamous leaks from Holland regarding the MCU’s Spider-Man bid implicit the years and Ruffalo’s penchant for giving distant each mode of crippled points surrounding the Avengers. In the years since these hilarious snafus person taken implicit the quality cycle, the Marvel bosses person perfectly made it a constituent to support spoilers away, not conscionable from the noted blabbermouths of the MCU, but from each formed members caller and old.

The actor, who besides had a featured relation arsenic 1 of the Kens successful Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, was besides shocked to spot immoderate of the names that were acceptable to look alongside him. “I saw erstwhile Sir Ian and Sir Patrick were announced,” helium said during the interview. “These are 2 of the top actors to person ever walked the look of the Earth. That blew my caput a small bit.”

Liu archetypal appeared arsenic Shang-Chi successful Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings successful 2021, but has yet to spot the quality instrumentality to the large oregon tiny screen. Aside from the May 1, 2026 merchandise day and the myriad of names we present person attached to the film, Avengers: Doomsday is thing of a enigma astatine this point. But undoubtedly wrong the adjacent year, much volition beryllium revealed — spoilers oregon otherwise.

Meanwhile, MCU fans person besides turned their inquisitive regard upon Robert Downey Jr’s hairsbreadth aft the Iron Man histrion precocious sent retired a Doctor Doom-themed invitation for this 60th day party.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.