Cobie Smulders to Return as Maria Hill for New Marvel Series 'Secret Invasion'

Photo: Zade Rosenthal/MarvelCobie Smuldersis headed back to the MCU.The 39-year-old actress will reprise her role as Maria Hill in the upcoming new Marvel seriesSecret Invasion.As part of the Disney+ miniseries, theAvengersstar will reunite withSamuel L. Jacksonas Nick Fury andBen Mendelsohnas Skrull Talos.She confirmed the news on Instagram, Thursday, sharing a screenshot of aDeadlinestory about her casting. She captioned the image, “Let’s get after it @samuelljackson.“Secret Invasionwill also starOlivia Colman,Emilia Clarke,Kingsley Ben-Adir,Christopher McDonaldandKillian Scott.“The crossover comic event series showcases a faction of shape-shifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years,“Disney+says about the series, noting that Jackson and Mendelsohn’s characters first crossed paths inCaptain Marvel.Smulders has appeared as Hill in numerous other Marvel films, includingSpider-Man: Far From Home,Captain America: Civil Warand theAvengersmovies. The news comes after Smulders recently received praise for her role as conservative television host Ann Coulter inAmerican Crime Story: Impeachment.Rich Fury/WireImageClarke has spoken out about the upcoming series previously, saying in an interview withComic Bookthat she’s thrilled to join both the cast and the larger Marvel family.“I just think what they’re doing right now is so exciting and so cool, and so on the cutting edge of it. I feel like they’re like the Apple of this world,” she said of Marvel.“To be part of that family feels like, ‘Oh my god, I’m in the cool kid crowd. That’s so cool.’ Honestly speaking, the people that are making this are what pushed me over the line to really wanting to do it,” Clarke continued. “I just think that everyone’s heart and heads are in the right place with this one.”

Photo: Zade Rosenthal/Marvel

Cobie Smuldersis headed back to the MCU.The 39-year-old actress will reprise her role as Maria Hill in the upcoming new Marvel seriesSecret Invasion.As part of the Disney+ miniseries, theAvengersstar will reunite withSamuel L. Jacksonas Nick Fury andBen Mendelsohnas Skrull Talos.She confirmed the news on Instagram, Thursday, sharing a screenshot of aDeadlinestory about her casting. She captioned the image, “Let’s get after it @samuelljackson.“Secret Invasionwill also starOlivia Colman,Emilia Clarke,Kingsley Ben-Adir,Christopher McDonaldandKillian Scott.“The crossover comic event series showcases a faction of shape-shifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years,“Disney+says about the series, noting that Jackson and Mendelsohn’s characters first crossed paths inCaptain Marvel.Smulders has appeared as Hill in numerous other Marvel films, includingSpider-Man: Far From Home,Captain America: Civil Warand theAvengersmovies. The news comes after Smulders recently received praise for her role as conservative television host Ann Coulter inAmerican Crime Story: Impeachment.Rich Fury/WireImageClarke has spoken out about the upcoming series previously, saying in an interview withComic Bookthat she’s thrilled to join both the cast and the larger Marvel family.“I just think what they’re doing right now is so exciting and so cool, and so on the cutting edge of it. I feel like they’re like the Apple of this world,” she said of Marvel.“To be part of that family feels like, ‘Oh my god, I’m in the cool kid crowd. That’s so cool.’ Honestly speaking, the people that are making this are what pushed me over the line to really wanting to do it,” Clarke continued. “I just think that everyone’s heart and heads are in the right place with this one.”

Cobie Smuldersis headed back to the MCU.

The 39-year-old actress will reprise her role as Maria Hill in the upcoming new Marvel seriesSecret Invasion.

As part of the Disney+ miniseries, theAvengersstar will reunite withSamuel L. Jacksonas Nick Fury andBen Mendelsohnas Skrull Talos.

She confirmed the news on Instagram, Thursday, sharing a screenshot of aDeadlinestory about her casting. She captioned the image, “Let’s get after it @samuelljackson.”

Secret Invasionwill also starOlivia Colman,Emilia Clarke,Kingsley Ben-Adir,Christopher McDonaldandKillian Scott.

“The crossover comic event series showcases a faction of shape-shifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years,“Disney+says about the series, noting that Jackson and Mendelsohn’s characters first crossed paths inCaptain Marvel.

Smulders has appeared as Hill in numerous other Marvel films, includingSpider-Man: Far From Home,Captain America: Civil Warand theAvengersmovies. The news comes after Smulders recently received praise for her role as conservative television host Ann Coulter inAmerican Crime Story: Impeachment.

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Clarke has spoken out about the upcoming series previously, saying in an interview withComic Bookthat she’s thrilled to join both the cast and the larger Marvel family.

“I just think what they’re doing right now is so exciting and so cool, and so on the cutting edge of it. I feel like they’re like the Apple of this world,” she said of Marvel.

“To be part of that family feels like, ‘Oh my god, I’m in the cool kid crowd. That’s so cool.’ Honestly speaking, the people that are making this are what pushed me over the line to really wanting to do it,” Clarke continued. “I just think that everyone’s heart and heads are in the right place with this one.”

source: people.com