Charlie Cox says 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' director told him to pause for the expected fan reaction while filming his surprise cameo as Daredevil

• Charlie Cox spoke about his "Spider-Man: No Way Home" cameo during an appearance at Megacon Orlando.
• Cox said that while filming, he was asked to purposely pause for the expected fan reaction.

Charlie Cox said that his return as Matt Murdock/Daredevil in "Spider-Man: No Way Home" purposely included a pause because of the anticipated reaction from fans.

"The way they shot the scene, Jon Favreau says something, and then it's my line. But they wanted me to put the cane down and then wait for the camera to come around before I said my line," Cox recalled during an appearance at Megacon Orlando on Saturday.

Cox continued: "I said to the director, 'That's weird, why are you doing that? It feels like I should just speak.' And he's like, 'No, because people are going to be really excited.'"

The actor said that while filming the third installment of Jon Watts' "Spider-Man" movies, he wasn't convinced that his cameo would be so significant to warrant a deliberate lull for the fan response.

"I was like, 'Are they? It could be a real anti-climax,'" Cox said.

Cox previously played the lawyer and vigilante character on Netflix's Marvel series "Daredevil," which ran for three seasons between 2015 and 2018. Following its cancellation, fans rallied for the streamer to revive the show, to no avail.

Cox, who was joined by "Daredevil" costar Vincent D'Onofrio at the Orange County Convention Center, said that years passed between the end of the show and his "NWH" cameo. During that time, he had "moved on" emotionally and genuinely didn't expect to suit up again.

To the delight of fans, Cox's lawyer character showed up within the first few minutes of "NWH" as Tom Holland's Peter Parker/Spider-Man grappled with what to do after the world found out about his superhero identity.

In a scene with Peter, Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), and Happy Hogan (Favreau), Matt gave them legal advice and briefly showed off his superhuman skills, which he coyly chalked up to being "a really good lawyer."

At Megacon Orlando, Cox said that it was "surreal" to play the character again.

"I remember being really, really nervous for that wonderful scene," he said.

Sure enough, people who saw "NWH" in theaters upon its release in December 2021 went wild over the returns of Cox and past Spider-Man actors Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire.

Back in February 2022, Cox told RadioTimes.com that he received plenty of messages, calls, and videos about the passionate response to his cameo in "NWH." But when he "snuck into" a movie theater in his neighborhood to witness the reaction, "it was dead fucking quiet."

"I was so disappointed," Cox said. "My wife was with me and she was recording me because it'd be fun to have that moment of everyone cheering, and then... tumbleweed!"

Cox will reprise his Marvel role for the upcoming Disney+ series "Daredevil: Born Again," costarring D'Onofrio and set for release in spring 2024.