Tramell Tillman Says ‘I Had to Sign NDAs’ Before Even Meeting for ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Role: ‘A Little Frustrating Because Everything Was Shrouded in Secrecy’

Aug 13, 2026 1:32pm PT Tramell Tillman Says ‘I Had to Sign NDAs’ Before Even Meeting for ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Role: ‘A Little Frustrating Because Everything Was Shrouded in Secrecy’

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Tramell Tillman is going to play a big role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s future. And he can finally talk about it. 

Tillman, who won an Emmy last year for his supporting role in Apple TV’s “Severance,” had been hoping to appear in a Marvel movie for some time, and heard from his team that Destin Daniel Cretton, the director of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” wanted to meet with him. But the meeting came with a catch: “I’m pretty sure I had to sign NDAs even before that conversation happened,” he tells GQ in a new interview.

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