This article contains spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home. Two of the newest characters to join the MCU were recently spotted in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Now, Marvel has added them to its official list of characters on its website.
The two characters from Spider-Man: No Way Home join the long list of heroes in the MCU, which includes Wanda Maximoff, Vision, Captain America, Black Widow, Loki, and Bucky Barnes. The site contains characters from Marvel Comics, the MCU, and Marvel television series like Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Daredevil.
Under the expanding list of characters, Marvel has officially listed The Amazing Spider-Man and Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. The images keep their faces contained, only showing the heroes in their Spider-Man costumes. However, the names clearly refer to Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire's triumphant return to the screen in No Way Home. Garfield's Amazing Spider-Man character is joined with not only an image of the suit from his two movies of the same title but a description that reads, "The one and only Amazing Spider-Man webs his way into the MCU." Maguire, who starred in the original three Spider-Man movies in the early 2000s, has the description that reads, "Our friendly neighborhood hero swings into the MCU in his iconic suit."
Prior to the release of No Way Home, speculation had surrounded the film on whether or not Garfield and Maguire would return to reprise their roles as Spider-Man. The confirmation of a combination of villains from their films arrived in the two official trailers released by Marvel and the Spider-Man: No Way Home character posters. On the website, Marvel has also listed the villains from No Way Home, which include Electro, Green Goblin, Sandman, Doc Ock, and the Lizard.
While Holland's Spider-Man had never faced any of these villains before, Maguire and Garfield had quite a few run-ins with these characters. Maguire fought Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin in his first Spider-Man film in 2002. In his second, he squared off against Alfred Molina's Doc Ock, and in his third, he faced Thomas Haden Church's Sandman, Topher Grace's Eddie Brock, and James Franco's Harry Osborn. In Garfield's two Spider-Man films, he faced Rhys Ifans' Lizard and Jamie Foxx's Electro.
Marvel has done a lot to try and keep the big surprise of Spider-Man: No Way Home under wraps. While photo leaks periodically popped up prior to its release, actors like Garfield were always quick to try and shut it down. As much as some wanted the confirmation of Garfield and Maguire's appearances in No Way Home before it was released, the surprise of seeing them in a Marvel Cinematic Universe film reprising their former roles is still an exciting adventure.
Spider-Man: No Way Home is now in theaters.
Source: Marvel