Spider-Man: Far from Home
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Mysterio was n’t the only comic book character to make his MCU debut inSpider - Man : Far From Home , and director Jon Watts has revealed what lead to the cast of the surprise mid - credit cameo . Directly following the events ofAvengers : Endgame , the standalone Spidey continuation sees Peter Parker ( Tom Holland ) still mourning the exit of Tony Stark . depend to bequeath his superhero duties behind for a little while , the newly resurrected teen focalize his attending on a European vacation and a program to win the affections of M.J ( Zendaya ) .
Unfortunately , Nick Fury has other ideas , enter Peter to work with Quentin Beck ( Jake Gyllenhaal ) and help hold get to the world from a collection of being know as The Elementals . Spider - Man : Far From Homemarks the first big - screen appearance of the long - time Spidey baddie . Had Sam Raimi ’s original trilogy go on into its plannedfourth installment , it would have reportedly feature the franchise ’s oft - seenBruce Campbell suiting upin the notorious fish - bowl costume . Unfortunately , it was n’t meant to be , leave Gyllenhaal to definitively put his stamp on the character . He joins a whole horde of returning faces , including Aunt May ( Marisa Tomei ) , Happy Hogan ( Jon Favreau ) , and Peter ’s best Quaker and unofficial " Man in the Chair " Ned Leeds ( Jacob Batalon ) .
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" Once we started talking about the Daily Bugle and bringing J. Jonah Jameson back to be the one who at last out Spider - Man ’s individuality in this reverse of the ending of Iron Man , there was never a question that it should be J.K. Simmons . It would find wrong if it was n’t him . That performance is just so definitive that if it was n’t him … Why not ? "
Simmons previously played the role in all three of Raimi ’s originalSpider - Mantrilogy , as well as ahilarious video connecting unofficiallytoAvengers : Infinity War . As much a transparency for Tobey Maguire ’s Peter Parker as any of Spider - Man ’s rascal ’s art gallery , Simmons ferment in an iconic performance that is remember fondly to this day - even in the less positively received installments . As such , a expectant part of fan clamour to see him recall to the function . Fortunately for them , Watts clearly feel the same way . Although , of trend , the director made sure it was n’t altogether the same version of Jameson that audiences remember , choose to put a more modern tailspin on the character :
" What ’s really interesting too is that his performance is n’t that far off from the [ original ] . His flavour is a niggling bit less heightened like it was in the Raimi films , but it ’s weird that that overstated , over - the - top delivery now has some real - world comparison . The world has change around his performance to put it in a completely unlike setting , which is kind of riveting . "
Kevin Feige recentlyalso weigh in on the cast . Where thing go from here remains to be seen , but give the dire context both Mysterio and Jameson get out Peter facing , it ’s hard to imagine that the theatrical role wo n’t have a more prominent role in the next junket . Though many were hope for aNorman Osbornappearance , the arrival of Jameson afford a slew of interesting potential path for this section of the MCU to dish out with , especially given Jameson ’s role in the comics as lend to the creation of such villain as Scorpio the Scorpion . Whether any of those ribbon connect is equally unsung , but a less old - fashioned newshound and more confederacy - madden reading of Jameson is sure to give Peter Parker a whole Modern sort of threat to deal with .
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