Kelsey Grammer Fuels 'Avengers: Doomsday' Theory After Saying He Hasn't Read Script

Marvel’s laser focus on keeping the stars of its movies from revealing virtually anything has become somewhat of a running joke in recent years. It’s gotten to a level where if an actor or actress cast in a Marvel film is doing an interview, fans can expect a plethora of non-answers about the upcoming movie.

Their approach over the years has typically seemed to be for stars to avoid the questions and essentially give whatever form of a "no comment" answer best fits the situation.

While that's worked well for the most part and has kept very little from spilling out ahead of release dates for Marvel movies, things have seemed a bit different ahead of the highly anticipated 2026 film Avengers: Doomsday.

Although some of the movie's lengthy list of stars have stuck with the age-old approach of dodging the topic, another consistent trend has started.

Kelsey Grammer, slated to reprise his ‘X-Men’ role as Beast in ‘Avengers: Doomsday,’ visits SiriusXM Studios.

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Following the latest comments from Kelsey Grammer, who's slated to reprise his role as Hank McCoy, aka Beast from X-Men, speculation began to intensify that Marvel may be taking a new approach this time around.

Grammer joined Literally! with Rob Lowe to discuss his new book, Karen: A Brother Remembers, and was asked about Doomsday. Interestingly, his response echoed what several others slated to be in the film said — in short, that he hasn't even read the script yet, as Cosmic Marvel noted.

"I've had a preliminary introduction to the idea. They are still very secretive about the script," Grammer said.

Grammer's comments, along with those made by others, have added fuel to the fire surrounding a theory that Marvel is using this as a go-to response to ensure everyone remains tight-lipped about the storyline.

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"Maybe the actors coming out saying they don’t have a script yet is because they don’t want it spoiled," wrote one fan on X.

"Sounds like Marvel is keeping everything under lock and key as usual. Kelsey Grammer’s return is exciting though," said another.

"What are the chances they actually read the script but they're telling us they didn't to keep us guessing," replied another fan.

"Im convinced the 'i havent read a script' thing is just their cop out for answering questions and not spoiling anything, or at least i hope thats what it is," said another while adding two crying laughing emojis.

A few of the other most recent names to state they haven't seen a script include four members from Marvel's recently released Thunderbolts*—Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell and Lewis Pullman.

While it may just be one big coincidence, or possibly that the script is being kept under wraps until close to when each actor is going to film, it's apparent that this has become a trend. However, with the movie's May 1, 2026, release date still nearly a full year away, the more this trend continues, the more fans are bound to dig for answers and spoilers.

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