‘Not Everyone’ — 3 Marvel Stars Say They’ve Been Left Out of Avengers: Doomsday, And One is Quite a Surprise
Marvel stars Idris Elba, Wumni Mosaku, and Martin Freeman seemingly won’t appear in Avengers: Doomsday, as “not everyone” from the past phase of movies is being brought back for the team-up movie.
During an appearance on the BBC’s Graham Norton chat show, the trio were asked by the host if they are set to join Doomsday’s already-enormous cast, for the Marvel movie that “everyone’s in.” After a moment’s silence, Freeman responded to say: “Apparently not, not everyone.”
Freeman plays Everett Ross and has appeared in three MCU movies to date, though was most recently seen in 2023’s forgettable Disney+ series Secret Invasion. The suggestion here is that we won’t be seeing him again anytime soon.
Idris Elba, Wumni Mosaku and Martin Freeman were asked if they’d be returning for ‘AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY’
“Apparently, not. Not everyone’s [in it].” 😂
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— Avengers Updates (@AvengersUpdated) January 17, 2026
After Norton corrected himself to say that “most people are in” the film, Wumni Mosaku responded, jokingly, by simply saying: “Rude.” Mosaku plays Hunter B-15 in Loki, and reprised the role on the big screen in 2024’s Deadpool & Wolverine.
Of the three, her absence in Doomsday would be the biggest surprise, as her character is currently head of the TVA, Marvel’s multiversal enforcement agency. Of course, we know that Loki himself will appear in the movie, and that Doomsday’s story seemingly deals with the ramifications of the Avengers’ multiversal tampering to date. It would be odd if the TVA didn’t factor in somehow, and we didn’t see its leader appear — especially after that Deadpool & Wolverine cameo.
“My character died,” replied Elba, who appears in the MCU as Asgardian warrior Heimdall. Norton then jokingly told Elba that “they all f***ing die” to suggest that Heimdall’s death wouldn’t preclude his involvement. (And Norton is right, as Heimdall already popped up post-death in Thor: Love and Thunder — plus the extent to which characters in Valhalla are fully dead is up for debate.)
None of the three actors were named by Marvel as being in the movie as part of the company’s big chair reveal stream a year ago, and there has been no leak or report so far to suggest they have filmed scenes in secret. But the possibility remains that they have done so and simply can’t say, or will do in the future as part of Doomsday’s upcoming reshoots that are set to take place this spring.
Last week, Marvel announced that its recent flurry of Avengers: Doomsday teaser trailers had passed a combined 1 billion views, though Doomsday’s directors are adamant that the clips are neither teasers nor trailers but instead clues to the movie itself. What clues could be hidden inside? One fan believes they’ve cracked the code via hidden timestamps that relate to specific moments within Avengers: Endgame — a theory that’s certainly gaining traction.
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