Charlie Cox said he attended a showing of "Spider-Man: No Way Home" to see the reaction to his cameo.- Cox, who returned as Daredevil, told RadioTimes.com that the theater was "dead fucking quiet."
"Daredevil" star Charlie Cox said that he attended a showing of "Spider-Man: No Way Home" to see the fan response to his cameo in the film, and the results were disappointing.
"It's funny, I got so many text messages and so many calls about that moment in the cinema," Cox told RadioTimes.com. "My nephew sent me a recording of everyone cheering. So, I snuck into a
"I was so disappointed," the actor added. "My wife was with me and she was recording me because it'd be fun to have that moment of everyone cheering, and then... tumbleweed!"
Cox shared similar comments in a separate interview with Metro.co.uk, saying: "I must have been in one of the only movie theatres in America that was dead silent, and it was packed, so it was a real anti-climax."
Even though that audience didn't deliver the enthusiastic, vocal response that he expected, the actor said he "had enough text messages from other people to know that it's a real thing."
Cox previously played Matt Murdock/Daredevil on Netflix's Marvel series "Daredevil," which lasted for three seasons between 2015 and 2018. Following its cancellation, fans rallied for the streamer to revive the show, to no avail.
The star reprised his role in "No Way Home, which was released in December and marked Tom Holland's sixth appearance as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the
Cox showed up within the first few minutes of the movie as Peter struggled with what to do following Quentin Beck/Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) framing him and revealing his superhero identity at the end of 2019's "Spider-Man: Far From Home."
Cox's lawyer character appeared in Peter's apartment in a scene with the teen superhero, Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), and Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau).
Matt gave them legal advice and briefly showed off his superhuman reflexes by effortlessly catching a cement brick that was hurled through the window behind him. He cheekily chalked up his skills to being "a really good lawyer."
Cox told RadioTimes.com that he was approached about an appearance in the blockbuster film "midway through 2020" and his return was always intended to be "a very small little cameo."
Recently, the actor told The Hollywood Reporter that he and "No Way Home" costar Andrew Garfield (Holland's Spidey predecessor) met up for lunch in Atlanta during shooting and "ended up sitting, facing the wall" to avoid people catching on to their surprise returns in the film.