10 HUGE Movie Twists Hilariously Spoiled In Stupid Ways

There's a very fine line that needs to be walked when marketing and promoting a movie. Potential audiences need to be given enough of a reason to part with their hard-earned money to go out and watch it, but there can't be too many details given away beforehand.

No one likes to have anything ruined for them, so there has to be a compelling argument given without ruining any big plot twists. And unfortunately, this isn't always the case. It's not too uncommon for spoilers, often big ones, to be included in trailers or posters, but these aren't the only sources for such things.

In today's world, with the internet allowing for information to spread worldwide with immediate effect, there are plenty of ways a film can be spoiled. Even before the emergence of the internet, anyone associated with a movie had to work so much harder to accidentally reveal something important, but it still happened. Sometimes spectacularly.

Actors have given away massive plot points in interviews, being too liberal on social media has ruined endings, and merchandise has revealed huge secrets before a film was ever released. There are times when the basis of some of these decisions just has to be questioned.

Every single entry under the Marvel Cinematic Universe banner is shrouded in mystery and legendary secrecy. Anyone involved in production is sworn to keep their mouths shut, so much so that Owen Wilson was given a strike one just for mentioning that his character had a moustache in the run-up to Loki's release on Disney+.

However, for Spider-Man: No Way Home, things ramped up even more. It may have been the worst-kept secret in Hollywood that Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield were going to make an appearance, but this was never technically confirmed before the release.

Another cameo that featured in Jon Watts' third Spider-Man film was Tom Hardy's Eddie Brock, making a crossover from the SSU (Sony's Spider-Man Universe). He only appeared in a post-credit scene, but it was a moment that could potentially have huge ramifications further down the line as Eddie left just a spatter of Symbiote behind on Earth-616 before heading home.

This would have been a shocking moment had his appearance not already been spoiled on social media beforehand. Reportedly first being posted by director and stunt coordinator Lin Oeding, an image made the rounds that showed Hardy sporting a Spider-Man: No Way Home production baseball cap.

Tom Hardy in his ‘Spider-Man, No Way Home’ production hat.

(via: @SpiderManBRA) pic.twitter.com/XUI4hsCDM8

— Marvel Focus (@TheMarvelFocus) September 17, 2021

In an environment in which secrecy is taken so seriously, it seems insane that Hardy would wear the hat before the film released, let alone actually pose for a picture. What did he think would happen?