How Spider-Man: No Way Home's Big Death Scene Changed From The OG Plan
This post contains Spider-Man: No Way Home spoilers
Spider-Man: No Way Home writer Chris McKenna opens up about the film's tragic death scene, revealing that the scene had to be changed during filming. McKenna wrote the conclusion to Marvel Studio's MCU-set Spider-Man trilogy alongside frequent writing partner Erik Sommers. Starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Marisa Tomei, and Benedict Cumberbatch, the film also saw the return of Alfred Molina, Willem Dafoe, and Jamie Foxx.
In Spider-Man: No Way Home, Peter Parker's world is thrown into further disarray after a spell aiming to reverse the effects of Mysterio's actions goes wrong, bringing villains from across the multiverse into the main universe of the MCU. Learning of these villains' tragic origins and their doomed fates if they return to their homeworlds, Peter seeks to help heal them, helped and inspired by Aunt May, he uses leftover Stark Tech held by Happy Hogan to develop cures to their ailments. However, when Norman Osborn's Goblin persona resists, he attacks Peter before he can help them all. May attempts to cure Norman but is fatally wounded. Dying in Peter's arms, May tells the young hero that «With great power, comes great responsibility,» leaving Peter lost with words that will ultimately shape his life. In a shocking, sudden scene, McKenna reveals that the scene wasn't always how it played out on-screen.
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In an interview uploaded to the GoldDerby YouTube channel, McKenna and Sommers discussed the tragic moment. McKenna revealed that the difficult scene changed during filming, with May at one point passing in an ambulance after being wounded, but COVID safety regulations made
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