The storyboard also shows the hero in “beserker mode.”
Although Spider-Man: No Way Home was released over a year ago, fans are still reeling over the fact that the third installment in Tom Holland’s version of Spider-Man brought back many familiar faces. Not only did the film bring back Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield — both of whom played Peter Parker in their respective multiverses, but also notable villains like Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin, Thomas Haden Church’s Sandman, and Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus in Maguire’s Spider-Man films. Jamie Foxx’s Electro and Rhys Ifans’ Lizard from Garfield’s iteration as Spider-Man also appeared in the film. However, a recent unused storyboard shows a villain from Holland’s Spider-Man didn’t make the cut, giving us a different perspective on Peter Parker in an angrier, “berserker mode.”
In the final cut of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Marisa Tomei’s Aunt May finally uttered her version of “with great power comes great responsibility” just before her demise in the film’s most heartbreaking scene. However, as more details about the movie come to light, it appears that the tragic scene could have looked a little different. In an Instagram post, storyboard artist Phil Langone revealed that instead of the Green Goblin, Jake Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio was responsible for Aunt May’s death. It takes place beneath a train overpass next to Peter’s school, with The Daily Bugle’s J.J. Jameson witnessing the entire incident. One of the concepts being explored in this version, according to Langone, is the stretching of Spider-Man’s moral code, which prohibits him from wanting to kill anyone.
Accompanying his collection of unused storyboards — complete with a Mortal Kombat soundtrack — the storyboard artist revealed that Mysterio would have been savagely attacked by Spider-Man after being compelled into “berserker mode.” In the end, Peter would have “wailed on the fishbowl,” letting all of his anger out.
