After years of uncertainty and rumors surrounding Charlie Cox’s potential return as Matt Murdock in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the series star Daredevil was allowed to reprise the role for a short scene in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Along with the return of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield as “Variant” Spider-Men, Cox’s part in the film leaked early, but the actor was still forced to lie about his involvement in interviews. Now, Cox has revealed exactly when he got the call from Kevin Feige and it looks like he had to keep his secret from him for just under a full year.

“I got the call in the middle of the block, in the summer of 2020, and we shot Spider-Man in March of 2021 … so I had to keep it a secret for almost a year. So yeah, it was intense, ”the actor told HeyUGuys. 

“It’s a relief to be able to talk about it. You know, getting that phone call was a moment that changed my life, really. My involvement with that character and the MCU was dead and gone, I hadn’t heard anything for a couple of years and so I moved on. It was incredibly unexpected and out of the blue. “

Before the head of Marvel Studios officially addressed Charlie Cox, Kevin Feige went to see him in a comedy in which he was performing with Loki star Tom Hiddleston and never mentioned the possibility of the actor returning as Daredevil.

“I did a show in 2019 with Tom Hiddleston and Kevin Feige came to see our show. And, you know, I shook his hand and said hi and he said how much he liked the show. Never mentioned Daredevil or anything. So I found out that he is also a very good liar (laughs). “

We don’t yet know when we will see Cox as Murdock / The Fearless Man again, but rumor has it that he will appear in several upcoming Disney + shows before getting his own series or solo feature film.