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The countdown continues until the eventual release of Spider-Man: No Way Home on December 17th. Still, as the day approaches, news continues to circulate about hidden gems behind the rollout and the promotional plan behind the film, including the original plan for the returning Spider-Man villains.
Tom Holland disclosed that Spider-Man: No Way Home was initially going to shock audiences with a bolt of excitement, keeping the inclusion of its classic villains and the multiverse crossover hidden until it became exposed later within the film itself. The vast amount of technology and resources available to the population makes keeping confidential information laborious, but the reception would have been worth the effort.
In an interview with Yahoo! Movies UK, the leading British actor discussed that the initial plan painted a different picture of what the film would center around. The studio wanted to see the film prompted as a civil war between Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, keeping everything critically important a classified secret. As a result, the audience's questions would metastasize into a series of speculations and theories, but keeping such a secret is rooted within the definition of impossibility. However, key plot details continue to be held tight-lipped, but what audiences do know is that the classic villains spanning across the Spider-Man franchise will make a highly anticipated appearance.
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Assumptions are continuously building around which other villains and prominent characters will step onto the screen, but what is clear is that the Spider-Man: No Way Home actors are exhausted from the deception and relived that glimmers of the truth are available to the public. In the interview, Holland later expressed the following, stating, "We're pretty tired of constantly lying and deceiving people. I feel like conscience is weighing on me now. It's tough." His co-star, Zendaya, who is reprising her role as MJ, additionally discussed the exhaustion and potential mental fatigue it would have caused if the studio still kept things under wraps. Rumors of the multiverse began to swirl once J.K. Simmons made a surprise appearance at the end of Spider-Man: Far From Home, returning as the belligerent J. Jonah Jameson. Simmons' appearance ignited speculation rumors, which only increased when the studio announced Jamie Foxx's return, reviving his role from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as Electro.
After months of rumors and opinions, the studio finally confirmed that several actors were returning to renew their symbolic roles. Willem Dafoe and Alfred Molina are two individuals who will join Jamie Foxx in this villainous renaissance, reprising their respective roles as the iconic Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus. These Spider-Man villains span a multiverse where they faced demise at the hands of different versions of the webslinging hero, but now they are together, further compounding the assumptions of the multiverse's existence. The three heralded actors recently sat down for an interview during the 2021 Brazil Comic-Con Experience, discussing their reasons for returning, which centered around the alluring plan to bring their characters back within the MCU. Their role within the plot is still pretty unclear, but audiences are excited to see the villains return to a new light and atmosphere.
If the original plan stayed true to form, audiences would have witnessed more interactions between Spider-Man and Doctor Strange within the promotional trailers. Excitement would still be pretty intense, but the rumble the villain reveals caused triggered a movement that resulted in chaos for the online ticket sales of Spider-Man: No Way Home. Sony and Marvel ventured down the right path and greatly benefited from the chatter generated from the trailers. The introdcution of the multiverse unleashes a stampede of possibilites, creating space for more interactions to take place between the Marvel and Sony superhero universes. The best-kept secrets are hard to maintain sometimes, but a sample of what is to come will only increase one's appetite for the entree to arrive.
Spider-Man: No Way Home will be released in theaters on December 17, 2021.
Source: Yahoo! Movies UK
