A Spider-Man: No Way Home costume designer has revealed that Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spidey suits had to be recreated from scratch. The third instalment in Marvel Studios Spider-Man series delighted hardcore fans and general audiences the world over in December of last year. No Way Home was a knockout success both critically and financially, currently ranking as the sixth highest-grossing film of all time after blockbuster movies made a cautious return during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The film’s marketing promised to bring elements from prior Spider-Man film series, such as Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock, Willem Dafoe's Green Golbin, and Jamie Foxx’s Electro, into the MCU to menace the latest incarnation of the web-slinger. This led to rampant fan speculation that Tom Holland’s Peter Parker would ultimately team up with his predecessors, Maguire and Garfield. The marketing for Spider-Man: No Way Home exercised a lot of restraint, not giving a clear answer until the film’s release when audiences were overjoyed to witness all three Spider-Men swinging through the sky together to foil a group of interdimensional adversaries.
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In an interview with Discussing Film, Spider-Man: No Way Home costume designer Sanja Milkovic Hays confirmed that Maguire and Garfield’s Spidey suits has to be completely recreated for their long-awaited return. Hays acknowledged that, in order to create the feeling that the two Spider-Men has stepped out of their own worlds, special care had to be taken to make sure their suits looked identical to their last appearances on the big screen. While using the suits from filming would have guaranteed that effect, Hays
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