Why the secrecy with Joe Locke but not Ruaridh Mollica?

Why was Joe Locke’s role as Wiccan kept secret when he was introduced as a teen in Agatha All Along, while Ruaridh Mollica being Tommy/Speed in Vision Quest was revealed so easily? What’s the reasoning behind treating those castings so differently?

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DrewTheZamboni2025-10-16 19:24

Because the Billy reveal was supposed to be the big reveal of the series.

25803742025-10-16 19:39

Also people would guess the speed reveal and it would be stupid to have the exact same big reveal for vision quest, just the other son

kyle03052025-10-16 20:15

Also also Billy’s mystery identity was an actual plot point. Tommy’s likely isn’t

justafanboy10102025-10-17 04:07

Terrible reveal. EVERYONE in this subreddit called it just from the casting 🤣

Sir__Will2025-10-17 16:10

We are not casual viewers.

ScottishExile2025-10-16 19:25

Wiccan’s character was a mid series plot twist that would have had no impact had they announced who he was playing straight up.

Presumably, Speed will just be Speed throughout Vision Quest (we already know Wiccan and Agatha are going to find him) so no point in any obfuscating of his role.

ubutterscotchpine2025-10-16 19:35

This and also we already know that Tommy is out there from AAA. We didn’t know Billy had reincarnated going into the show though.

SharpshootinTearaway2025-10-16 19:31

Billy had a sigil on him that prevented people from knowing his true identity. The mystery around him was meant to be a plot point, not just something to surprise the viewers.

Meanwhile, from the leaks of the Vision Quest teaser that we've heard so far, it looks like Tommy already knows who he is, and so do Vision and Ultron, so that will probably be part of the first episode.

The whole show is being marketed as revolving around their grandpa-father-son relationships, and you kinda need to reveal that Tommy is in it for that.

ExultantSandwich2025-10-18 09:09

Also once they do that twist with Billy, it would feel like a total retread to do it *again* with the other brother.

I’m not sure what notes showrunners get, but I would bet Terry Matalas knew that going in, they were never going to conceal Tommy’s identity

impuritor2025-10-16 19:33

Why are two different things different?

illvria2025-10-16 19:42

We didnt even know that wanda's kids spirits still existed pre-agatha. Billy's whole resolution in the finale was finding a vessel for Tommy. There's nothing to hide atp

kennyofthegulch2025-10-16 20:03

Because no one cares enough for spoilers to be a concern anymore.

Sir__Will2025-10-17 03:58

No. Because Billy's reveal was a plot point.

j1h152332025-10-16 20:08

Have you watched Agatha All Along? It’s pretty obvious why they hid the Wiccan reveal

Jajaloo2025-10-16 20:17

Because now the TV and films are being treated as less intertwined stories. Watching the TV shows won't be essential moving forward.

There's no reason to keep as much secrecy around the TV shows anymore; they want people talking about them to get viewers to D+.

A lot of people went back to Ironheart after the Mephisto reveal. I know that wasn't announced prior (although heavily rumoured), but the second half of that series was dropped at once. You didn't have to wait week-to-week, so it got out interest was generated.

I can't imagine Brad has any reason to try keep Ruaridh Mollica's character a secret, when he can get more internet chatter by revealing Tommy/Speed's casting.

Belteshazzar982025-10-16 20:32

Because Billy's status of existence was still ambiguous during AAA, with some question whether Teen actually was Billy or not. Tommy was revealed at the end of AAA so there is no need keep him super secret.

eagc72025-10-17 02:29

Because Wanda's kids being alive was supposed to be the twist in Agatha All Along, now that the show ended with Tommy soul being transferred to a new body, there is really no point in doing yet another twist when its known we are going to meet Tommy eventually and this is the end of the WandaVision Saga so makes sense this one would be the one to re-introduce Tommy

sora_a2025-10-26 11:46

I actually think it's because they needed to fill in the plothole of why, if Billy was alive, Wanda didn't find him when she was going out of her mind trying to do exactly that in Multiverse of Madness. So, in-universe, because Lilia saw the future and cast the sigil before the reincarnation took place, Wanda couldn't find Billy and Tommy hadn't reincarnated yet. It also added a little mystery to AAA for the casual viewer.