Spider-Man: No Way Home
TheMarvel Cinematic Universehas brought back quite a few pre - MCU characters for unlike moving picture and show in Phase 4 . Long before begin itsPhase 4 account electric discharge , the MCUhas been well - know for how it weaves each picture and show into the franchise ’s with child narrative . However , there are also many movies and telly shows free-base on Marvel Comics that pre - go out the MCU . Prior to Disney ’s acquisition of Fox and Sony ’s Spider - Man deal with Marvel , other Marvel - base superhero franchise antecedently play at the same fourth dimension as the MCU without being connected to it .
With the kickoff of the MCU ’s Phase 4 , Marvel Studios would start to tap into these other Marvel - base continuity from other studios with the initiation of the multiverse into the enfranchisement . That is set to continue withPhases 4 through 6 , dub " The Multiverse Saga " , but stage 4 already has a heavy nous start on the saga with its multiverse - based rejoinder of several actors from earliest Marvel - base franchise . Here is every persona from pre or concurrent MCU Marvel motion-picture show or shows who has return in the MCU ’s Phase 4 , as well as the doer who portrays them .
Tobey Maguire
The first grown - covert Web - Slinger Tobey Maguire returned for the multiversal adventure ofSpider - piece : No Way Home . bestow into the MCU through Doctor Strange ’s botched spell , Maguire ’s “ Peter # 2 ” lend his fellow Spideys a hand against a quintet of old opposition . Tom Holland ’s MCU Spider - Man even saves , rather than killing , the Green Goblin ( Willem Dafoe ) after his slaying of Aunt May ( Marisa Tomei ) , because ofMaguire ’s Spider - Man ’s influential position on revenge . Though his interim adventures sinceSpider - Man 3are not delved into much , Maguire ’s Spider - Man return inNo Way Homeis nonetheless one of the best pre - MCU comebacks in the Marvel Multiverse .
Andrew Garfield
Despite Garfield ’s persistent pre - release denials that he was inNo Way Home , his rejoinder terminate up being one of the highlights of the motion picture and arguably Garfield ’s best performance as Peter Parker . InNo Way Home , “ Peter # 3 , ” as he is dubbed , continues to be haunted by the loss of Gwen Stacy ( Emma Stone ) inThe Amazing Spider - Man 2 , achieving a great heroic redemption in his deliverance of MJ ( Zendaya ) . Of the many crowd - please element ofSpider - adult male : No Way Home , Andrew Garfield ’s Spidey comeback is a lawful fan favorite .
Charlie Cox
After three years with a vague futurity following the end of the Marvel - Netflix age , Charlie Cox finally give back as the MCU ’s Daredevil . Cox’sMatt Murdock cameos inNo Way Home , answer as Peter Parker ’s lawyer . Cox would by and by suit up as The Man Without Fear ( this time in his yellow and cherry comics outfit ) for Disney+’sShe - Hulk : Attorney At Law , follow the two with his Disney+ seriesDaredevil : bear Again . Though Charlie Cox ’s Daredevil comeback was technically a return construction on the Marvel - Netflix show ’s ambiguous MCU continuity , it has yet been very warmly received .
J.K. Simmons
One of the most acclaimed castings in comic book movie story occurred with J.K. Simmons ’s portrayal of J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi’sSpider - Mantrilogy , and his part was revived with Simmons ’s restitution as the MCU edition of Jameson in 2019’sSpider - humankind : Far From Home . Simmons ' Jameson fall to press against Spidey inNo Way Home , while he and the Daily Bugle received an Alex Jones - inspired re - imagine .
Willem Dafoe
Spidey ’s greatest nemesis Norman Osborn a.k.a . the Green Goblin finally debuted in the MCU inNo Way Home , withWillem Dafoe bringing his Norman and Goblin personasback from the Sam RaimiSpider - Manmovies . InNo Way Home , Dafoe ’s Norman is one of five villains accidentally rive into the MCU from other universes , with Norman arrive just before his original death inSpider - Man . He still combat the influence of his Goblin image , with Tom Holland ’s Spider - Man successfully curing him .
Alfred Molina
Doc Ock is the first Spider - Man scoundrel to arrive inNo Way Home , with Alfred Molina bring the mad scientist to life again after his villain theatrical role in 2004’sSpider - Man 2 . Molina ’s Doc Ock is still at the mercy of his by artificial means level-headed tentacles with their fry inhibitor chip . After being give a unexampled one , Doc Ock find command of his mind . Doc Ock even gets to converge Peter # 2 again in a heartwarming fit , his now grow science student still “ trying to do intimately ” withDoc Ock fully redeemed fromSpider - Man 2 .
Thomas Haden Church
Spider - Man forgave Flint Marko for his inadvertent killing of Uncle Ben inSpider - Man 3 , but Marko would return again when he too is pulled into the MCU inNo Way Home . Christian church returns to vocalise Marko , who is always in grit form inNo Way Home , with the Sandman still find out to get home to his daughter . After being cured by Peter # 2 , Marko gets institutionalize back to his Earth for a fresh first .
Rhys Ifans
The first villain face by Andrew Garfield ’s Web - Slinger inThe Amazing Spider - Man , Dr. Curt Connors is back once more as The Lizard inNo Way Home , with Rhys Ifans voicing the character . hark back to his reptilian form after being pull in the MCU , The Lizard battles the Spidey trio at the Statue of Liberty inNo Way Home ’s climax before he is once again turned human , this time by Tom Holland ’s Peter # 1 .
Jamie Foxx
The Amazing Spider - Man 2 ’s Electro(Jamie Foxx)also comes back forNo Way Home . After getting a taste of a raw kind of electricity in the MCU , the anger - prone Max Dillon resolves to stick , but he is de - powered in the climactic battle . He and Peter # 3 also at last make ataraxis , with Andrew Garfield ’s Web - Slinger assuring Max he was never a nobody before Electro is send home .
Tom Hardy
After leading Sony ’s MCU parallelVenommovies , Tom Hardy ’s Eddie Brock and his alien symbiote Venom find themselves delight into the MCU at the end ofVenom : allow There Be mass murder , released just two months beforeNo Way Home . In the latter ’s end credits prospect , Venom ’s usual competition with Spider - Manis changed , with Venom extract wonder about Spidey and Eddie deciding to journey to New York City to meet him . unluckily , Eddie and Venom find themselves sent home before they get the chance , though a lowly fragment of the Venom symbiote is left behind .
Patrick Stewart
For Sam Raimi’sDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness , Patrick Stewart returns to his iconic function of Professor Charles Xavier from Fox’sX - Menmovies . This time , Stewart play a variant of Xavier in another universe who is a phallus of the Illuminati , alongside Captain Carter ( Haley Atwell ) , Black Bolt ( Anson Mount ) , Captain Marvel ( Lashana Lynch ) , and Mister Fantastic ( John Krasinski ) . Xavier and theIlluminati are all killed by Scarlet Witch(Elizabeth Olsen ) during her homicidal rampage throughout the multiverse , marking Stewart ’s third death as Xavier followingX - man : The Last StandandLogan .
With the Multiverse Saga preparing to extend , it seems probable that many more former Marvel actor will bring back in cameos or supporting theatrical role in the MCU . Hugh Jackman himself is already preparing for exactly that with his return as Wolverine inDeadpool 3 . As theMarvel Cinematic Universeprepares to enter Phases 5 and 6 , phase angle 4 has dumbfound them off to a firm beginning with it legion Marvel alumni yield .
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