Spider-Man: Homecoming Was Right To Cut An Uncle Ben Scene
Spider-Man: Homecoming cut a scene directly mentioning Peter Parker's Uncle Ben, and there's a reason it was a good decision for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Uncle Ben has always been integral to Peter Parker's journey as Spider-Man in Marvel's comics and films. However, Homecoming did a new take on the character. Since both Tobey Maguire's and Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man films showed the superhero's usual origin story involving Uncle Ben, the MCU chooses to skip it and let fans infer a lot about Parker's backstory. Of course, Uncle Ben is still important to Peter Parker and Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), but he's more on the periphery of the MCU'sSpider-Man stories. And thus far, Marvel hasn't directly mentioned him in detail in the MCU.
Tom Holland's Spider-Man has to stand apart from Maguire and Garfield, which is why it makes some key changes and has some big omissions. Similarly, the MCU makes this version of Spider-Man different, with a greater emphasis on his relationship with Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), who is the defining presence in Peter's life (even after Tony's death) throughout the MCU's first Spider-Man trilogy. Uncle Ben has been referenced in the MCU - Spider-Man: Far From Home had Peter use Ben's briefcase, for instance, and Spider-Man: No Way Home used the «great power...great responsibility» line — but it has nonetheless largely avoided him.
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Though Homecoming does a different take on Spider-Man's origins, the film cut a scene referencing Uncle Ben. During a Quarantine Watch Party for Spider-Man: Homecoming in December, Jonathan Goldstein, one of the film's writers, confirmed an Uncle Ben scene didn't make the movie. "We wrote a
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