Why VisionQuest’s Cut Superhero Costume Moment Didn’t Happen

Published Nov 10, 2026, 10:00 PM EST

Andy Behbakht has worked as an entertainment journalist since 2010, covering all the latest in Hollywood on both the big and small screens, from staying on top of the biggest breaking news, analyzing movies and television shows in Hollywood, to in-depth interviews with actors and storytellers.

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WARNING: This interview contains MAJOR spoilers from VisionQuest season 1, episode 8, "Forever."

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In an exclusive interview with ScreenRant's Andy Behbakht for the VisionQuest finale, Ruaridh Mollica, who joined the franchise as the new Tommy Maximoff, elaborated more on Speed's major moments in episode 8, "Forever." When he was asked if there were initially any plans to have the young hero properly get his own costume, or if they decided to hold off on that, the Scottish star stated that viewers were very close to seeing him suit up.

He began by sharing how "it’s so interesting you say that, and actually, I’ve not told anyone this yet, so this is exciting." Mollica confirmed that "Yes, I got completely measured for a full superhero suit. We were gonna make it. It was gonna happen in the finale at some point." However, he elaborated how showrunner Terry Matalas "couldn’t find a way for [Tommy] to just appear in a suit. He wants the show to be as grounded in reality as possible, especially my character, who really, I feel like grounds everything back to London and the real world and everything like that."

Given how things played out in the final episode, Mollica explained that "there was never a moment where he could just find a superhero suit, or turn up in it, and it breaks that connection [to] reality. We were able to get the superhero goggles because they came from Paladin, and that was a way that could be worked in." However, while audience members got a fun payoff with the jacket, the latest addition to the MCU timeline appreciated that they "then we changed the costume to be a bit more green and tracksuit-like to reflect the superhero suit, and I think that was a really good choice. I think I like that, and also it leaves us wanting more."

He also praised the costume department for the fun little nod to WandaVision with young Tommy's original jacket, saying how "Sarah Young, our costume designer, she was so on top of making sure there were so many homages to the original characters."

Outside the costume moment being cut, another element that Mollica spoke with ScreenRant about was Tommy's sexuality not being fully explored in the VisionQuest series, as Speed is canonically bisexual in the lore. When he was asked if the character, at this stage of his life, has explored his sexual orientation and if there was initially a version of season 1 where they would address it more directly, he felt very confident to say that "I think Tommy knows he's bi."

The Red Rose alum followed up with, "I think that a specific queer relationship isn’t explored in this particular section of his life in the show. I really hope that will be explored in the future." As he is openly bisexual himself, it meant a lot to Mollica to get cast as Speed, saying how "I think as a bisexual actor playing a bisexual role, I do feel there’s moments where I’m watching me do something in a scene, and I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, that was very queer!’ [laughs] I hope that it exists in who he is and in elements of his personality rather than in his specific relationship during the show. But yeah, I do think Tommy’s probably been with guys before the show happened, or in other timelines."

All episodes of VisionQuest are streaming on Disney+.

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