Spider-Man: No Way Home Writer Reveals How The Pandemic Changed A Crucial Scene
Following its mid-December premiere, Spider-Man: No Way Home has continued to shatter records as it soars to new heights at the box office. To make this possible, the film includes countless memorable scenes, one of which was altered severely due to COVID-19.
Aside from featuring the huge returns of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, many of Spider-Man: No Way Home's stars had been introduced to the MCU before. Ned, MJ, Happy Hogan, and Aunt May all had huge pieces to Peter's story in Spider-Man: No Way Home, including his development by the end of the film.
Spider-Man: No Way Home Cast Had 'Therapy Session' With Jon Watts
Spider-Man: No Way Home writers Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna sat down with Gold Derby to discuss the film and some of its massive surprises. Near the end of the interview, Sommers detailed the trouble they had during post-production to get one of the most crucial scenes of the film right. Aunt May (played by Marisa Tomei) dies at a crucial moment in the film that sets Tom Holland's Peter up for a massive change to decide what kind of hero he wants to be. Sommers reveals that the way the scene unfolds on screen isn't the manner they had always planned. «It was also tricky production-wise because we had different ideas for where the scene could take place,» Sommers said. «But because of COVID, we had one idea that it was gonna be inside an ambulance. We had a whole version that was constructed around that, but that was not practical for shooting during COVID.»
In the film, May dies after she and Peter have successfully cured Doc Ock of his villainous roots. With plans to do so with the other Spider-Man villains before sending them back to their respective universes, Green Goblin has other ideas. His antics
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