'Spider-Man: No Way Home' intro scenes for Tobey & Andrew were changed after a fan guessed plot twist, Watts confirmed
and
's 2021 appearance in Tom Holland's Spider-Man: No Way Home may be one of the most exciting scenes in the MCU's history, the two former Spider-Mans' entrance into the MCU wasn't initially portrayed as such; instead, Ned was drawn into Tom's timeline by Doctor Strange's sling ring.
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Throughout the movie, it showed the rings opening the portals as Andrew and Tobey entered and became trapped on Tom's side. Actually, director
had a different idea for their opening. However, the entire plan was modified by a fan's guesswork!
Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man: No Way Home
At the Mediterranean Film Festival, Watts told Collider that he had to change the story's opening scenes after a Reddit user foresaw his initial concept. Watts discussed the fan speculation that the two former Spider-Man actors would make an appearance in the third installment of the MCU film.
"There had been rumors that Tobey and Andrew were going to be in the movie, and this is while we're shooting. We were writing the script, and we were working on where we wanted to reveal the guys, and it always seemed like Peter's going to be sad because Aunt May has just died, and that the portals are going to open, and the two Spider-Men are going to step out," he remarked.
A Reddit post modified the strategy
Watts talked about finding a fan-made image on Reddit that resembled the scene he had originally planned.
"Then I was on Reddit, and I was looking at people who had already made fan art of, 'This is probably what it's going to be like when the two Spider-Men get revealed.' It was on a rooftop. It was sad; two Doctor Strange portals were open, and two Spider-Men were stepping out. I was like, 'Well, we can't do that. If that's exactly what everyone thinks we're going to do, we absolutely can't do that.
'"
At that point, they modified the scene to include a surprise element for fans and moved it to Ned's (Jacob Batalon) grandmother's house.
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"So, after I saw all this fan art, and I decided, 'We absolutely can't do just exactly what everyone thinks we're going to do,' I was like, 'What does no one expect that we're going to do? What's something that no one's going to see coming? I was like, 'Probably having the two Spider-Men appear at Ned's Filipino grandma's house in Queens.
I don't think anyone was doing fan art of that on Reddit.' It made perfect sense in the story because it's kind of the first time we leave Peter's narrative," the filmmaker revealed.
Regarding Spider-Man: No Way Home
Due to the portal's opening, Spider-Man: No Way Home, which also starred
and Benedict Cumberbatch, brought back a number of other Spider-Man actors from earlier series. With appearances by Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Jamie Foxx, and others, the film proved an emotional roller coaster for Marvel fans.
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