Sandman and Lizard actors Thomas Haden Church and Rhys Ifans did n’t take any fresh material forSpider - gentleman’s gentleman : No Way Home . Jon Watts ’ third and final installment in Marvel Studios / Sony’sHomecomingtrilogy unloose in theaters on December 17 , 2021 . The record book - breaking blockbuster sees Peter Parker ( Tom Holland ) andDoctor Strange ( Benedict Cumberbatch)accidentally fracture unfold the multiverse , land fiber from Sony ’s past times into the MCU .

By capitalizing on Phase 4 ’s multiverse concept , No path Homewas able to pay up homage to Spider - Man cinema of old . In addition to Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield ’s webslingers , the flick introduced their various villain to the MCU , including Doc Ock ( Alfred Molina ) , Green Goblin ( Willem Dafoe ) , Electro ( Jamie Foxx ) , Sandman , and Lizard . However , while fans got to see Doc Ock , Green Goblin , and Electro ’s ( man ) face Sandman and Lizard mostly just appear in their CGI forms throughout the cinema . It ’s been bring out that Church and Ifans , who firstappeared inSpider - Man 3(2007)andThe Amazing Spider - Man(2014 ) , respectively , were never really on set forNo Way Home .

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Popular VFX YouTube channel theCorridor Crewrecently talked to Digital Domain VFX Supervisor Kelly Port to break down theNo Way Home ’s CGI . Port further explained Church and Ifans were never involved with the movie ’s production and how they used footage from the previous films from their human forms . Read the full quote below :

" We did n’t really have approach to Rhys Ifans or Thomas Hayden Church , so we really ended up using footage from the old films and control it . So , Rhys Ifans , when he ’s healing , we in reality used an outtake and that was shot on photographic film , glance over at high closure , tracked , body trail , everything . So ultimately , it ended up being a band of that CG , specially for Thomas Hayden Church when he ’s transforming . We had to manipulate it to get him into the scene lighting - wise , and all sorts of things like that . "

The powers that be did likely reach out to Ifans and Church to film view forNo Way Home . However , being that Molina , Foxx , and Dafoe had much more prominent role , it was n’t necessary due to the seamless execution of archive footage . InThe Amazing Spider - Man , Kurt Conners / Lizard’sultimate goal was to reverse the human universe into lounge lizard hybrid and , inSpider - Man 3 , Flint Marko / Sandman , while the malefactor who killed Uncle Ben , it ’s more a case of “ wrong place , wrong time . ” Their storylines and motive did n’t lend much toNo Way Home ’s story , but Ifans and Church immortalize dialogue for their respective baddies , and sports fan were captivated to have them all the same .

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Past Spider - Man films , notablySpider - mankind 3andThe Amazing Spider - Man 2(2016 ) , have struggled to equilibrate multiple antagonist . Spider - Man : No mode Homesucceeds in almost all the ways those films fail . As a result , it has become one of the highest - grossing movies of all fourth dimension , with $ 800 million in the US and $ 1.8 billion at the worldwide box federal agency . lover   who need to relive Ifans , Church , and everyone else ’s paying back can now purchaseNo Way Homeon DVD , Blu - ray , and 4k .

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