Tramell Tillman Talks About Where His SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY Character Ended Up After Encountering Jean Grey

Tramell Tillman kept the secret of his Marvel identity for quite some time ahead of the film’s release, and now he is able to breathe easy, with everyone knowing his role and how it played out.

One thing that was unclear in the movie, though, was his character, Bill Metzger’s fate after his near-death encounter with the powerful Jean Grey (Sadie Sink). He seemingly got away when Spider-Man was accidentally shot by Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle/Punisher.

Tillman talked about where he believes his character is now in a recent interview with Polygon, where he said:

"He's on the apology tour," Tillman says with a laugh, before offering a more realistic answer. "I don't know. Probably taking a vacation. He encountered some pretty heavy stuff.

“I remember having this conversation with [director] Destin [Daniel Cretton] and Justin [Kuritzkes], the writer that I was working with. We were talking about what it would be like to experience power like Jean Grey. And as a result of the experimentation that he was doing on Jean, it intensified. Metzger got a front row seat to experience that.

“So I imagine he's probably hiding out somewhere trying to recoup. Because that's intense. Like near death. The glass was right in his eyes. He probably thought he was going to die."

As for Metzger’s future in the MCU, Tillman talked about his research on the character, who is very different in the comics, where he primarily appears in the X-Men franchise as a radical, anti-mutant activist. Ultimately, that Metzger is killed by Magneto. Tillman says he's aware of his comic-book counterpart, but tried not to let it color his performance.

"I did do a little digging when I got word of the character I was playing," he says, "but I was also cautioned that, you know, they're gonna play the way they want to. It's great to have the research, but these creative geniuses are able to tell the story in many different ways. So I don't know the future of Metzger beyond this movie."

I would imagine that if we do see him again, Jean Grey might not let him off so easy. But as with everything in the franchise, we will just have to wait and see.