Spider-Man: No Way Home brought together the three live-action versions of Spider-Man, making their movies part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s multiverse, and if that wasn’t good enough already, behind-the-scenes footage from No Way Home has made Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s return even better. The MCU’s Phase 4 is exploring new events, characters, and concepts now that the Infinity Saga is over, and the main theme so far has been the multiverse and its many dangers and possibilities.
Viewers got a first taste of what the MCU’s multiverse is like in Loki, which also introduced variants, and all this was further explored in Spider-Man: No Way Home. After Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) framed him for his murder and revealed his real identity to the world at the end of Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home sees Peter Parker (Tom Holland) dealing with the consequences of having his biggest secret exposed. Peter asks Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to cast a spell that will make everyone forget he’s Spider-Man, but the spell is botched and instead opens the gates of the multiverse. This allows villains from past Spider-Man movies to cross over to the MCU, making way for multiversal chaos.
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Spider-Man: No Way Home also brought back the two previous versions of Peter Parker, and so Holland, Maguire, and Garfield shared the screen for the first time. Months before No Way Home’s release, there were many rumors about Maguire and Garfield’s appearance, and even though the cast denied it multiple times and the trailers tried to hide them (but weren’t that successful), fans persisted in the belief that No Way Home would see the three
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