Spider-Man: No Way Home Writers Explain Why Mysterio Didn't Return
The writers of Marvel's smash hit Spider-Man: No Way Home have explained why Jake Gyllenhaal's Mysterio didn't return for the film. Gyllenhaal first appeared as the villain in 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home, the second stand-alone Spider-Man film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Mysterio served as the first villain for Peter Parker/Spider-Man (as played by Tom Holland) to face off against following Tony Stark's sacrificial death in Avengers: Endgame. This led many to think he would have been a worthy enemy for Holland's Spider-Man to face during the multiversal chaos that is No Way Home.
However, it wasn't meant to be, leaving many audience members wondering why Mysterio did not make an appearance. While the character seemingly died at the end of Far From Home, No Way Home could easily have used the multiverse to explain his return. Many characters were brought into No Way Home that had died in previous films, including Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin and Alfred Molina's Doc Ock. As the film had established that a character's previous death didn't rule out an appearance in No Way Home, many fans have wondered why Mysterio didn't return to once again face off against Holland's Wall-Crawler.
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The writers of No Way Home, Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna, recently spoke about the film at IGN Fanfest 2022. During their discussion, the two addressed Mysterio's absence. According to Sommers and McKenna, there was a time when Mysterio was in talks to return in No Way Home. As actors were approached about reprising their previous Spider-Man roles, the response was overwhelmingly positive. McKenna stated that this led the writers to have to «choose
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