Sandra Hüller isn't done with 2026 yet. She's already racked up four movies this year: the acclaimed "Rose," "Fatherland," "Project Hail Mary" and "Digger." Now there's word of a fifth, and it’s bigger than anything else she's ever done. We're talking "Avengers: Doomsday."
So where's this coming from? British Stunt Register, basically a LinkedIn for UK stunt performers. And, wouldn't you know it, stunt actress Stevie Parker has it right there on her profile: stunt double for Sandra Hüller, “Avengers: Doomsday.”
Funny thing is, Marvel never announced Hüller was in the movie. Oops.
Then there's the Reddit trail. Three months ago, a user on r/LeaksAndRumors dropped this little nugget: "The witch is played by Sandra Hüller btw." Nobody paid much attention at the time. They might now.
Hüller, known for her roles in "Anatomy of a Fall" and "The Zone of Interest," is one of the most acclaimed actresses in the world, and never would I have bet that she'd join the MCU. But here we are, and the rumor seems legit. She will be in ‘Doomsday.’
While we're at it, I recently caught up with Hüller's work in Markus Schleinzer's "Rose," and she's impeccable in it. She plays a woman in 17th-century Germany who passes herself off as a male soldier to claim a farm in a remote village, and it's a restrained yet intensely physical performance that I can't imagine any other actor pulling off quite like this. The film itself? Engaging, lean —at 94 minutes — with not a wasted scene or line. If it's playing at your local film festival, it's well worth a look.
“Avengers: Doomsday,” set for December 18 release, has a ridiculous ensemble. Hüller would be joining an absurdly stacked ensemble led by Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Paul Rudd, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Florence Pugh, Channing Tatum, David Harbour, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Letitia Wright, Tom Hiddleston, Danny Ramirez, Winston Duke, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Wyatt Russell, Kelsey Grammer, Alan Cumming, James Marsden and Rebecca Romijn.
I recently stumbled on a 2009 Film Comment poll in which critics picked the best films directed by actors. There was one condition: the actor had to have directed fewer than five films.