Avengers: Infinity War Character Leaked by IMDB?

Avengers: Infinity Warfinished shooting over the summer and it’s already set to be the biggest superhero cast in history, but did IMDB just leak yet another character to show up in the fight against Thanos?Avengers 4is currently filming in Atlanta, but why would there be an addition to the IMDB page forInfinity War? It seemed suspect at first because users can go in and edit the popular site, but the rumor has started to pick up traction since the official Twitter account for IMDB announced the news.

According to the popular movie site,Spider-Man: HomecomingactressTiffany Espensenhas been added to the cast ofAvengers: Infinity War. Espensen played a minor character inHomecomingas Cindy, a member of Peter Parker’s academic decathlon team at the Midtown School of Science and Technology. This may seem to be a casting of little significance, but it has red to rampant speculation that a certain popular female superhero will be joining ranks in one of the biggest battles to happen in cinematic history.

Fans of Marvel’sSpider-Man comicsmight notice the name Cindy and notice its importance. Introduced in Amazing Spider-Man #1, Cindy Moon was a classmate of Peter Parker who was bitten by the same radioactive spider on the same day, which gave her similar spider powers. Though she was given similar powers, Cindy wasn’t able to harness and control her powers and needed training. Cindy was later approached bySpider-Man’s one-time ally and mentor Ezekiel Sims, who trains Cindy for 6 years to help her use her powers. After the training, Ezekiel locked Cindy in a facility to protect her and the other spiders from Morlun. Cindy remained in the facility for 10 years, until Peter learned of her existence during the Original Sin crossover. Afterwards, she becomes Silk and works undercover withS.H.I.E.L.D.

This doesn’t mean that Silk will 100% show up inAvengers: Infinity War, but is definitely a possibility at this point. Though Cindy only had a small part inSpider-Man: Homecoming, she could very well show up inInfinity War, possibly to getSpider-Manout of a bind. It could also be argued that Silk won’t show up in the movie at all and then maybe Cindy plays a small part to set up the story. The Russo Brothers could be playing the long game at the moment slowly starting to introduce Cindy to unveil Silk after the events ofAvengers 4. At this time, it’s anybody’s guess.

As with any kind of news that comes to us in this manner, we must take it with a grain of salt. But the addition of Silk to the MCU is an exciting prospect and echoes earlier statements that the MCU would highlight some lesser known characters after the events ofAvengers 4andGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. While we wait for some definitive proof, check out the video from theIMDB Twitteraccount below.