The news that Tom Holland's Spider-Man would remain a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for at least a few more movies was met with joy and relief by fans of the Wall-Crawler, but it seems some far more closely associated with the shared world were just as happy to hear that the Webhead would be sticking around.
While speaking to
Metro,
Captain Marvel star Ben Mendelsohn was asked about the Sony/Disney dispute which almost put an end to Spidey's adventures in the MCU, and he believes losing the hero would have been "a disaster."
“I think what happens in these things is, most of the time, cooler heads prevail,” said the actor, before adding:
“But shit man. You can’t lose Spider-Man from the Marvel universe. He’s one of their absolute mother[frick]ing pornstars. Boy, I could name 30 that you could quite comfortably lose before you start thinking about losing Spider-Man. In fact, I cannot think of a single character who’s more important to Marvel than Spider-Man. You’ve got Hulk, you’ve got Thor…none of them are as important as Spider-Man. None of them.”
Well, he's not wrong! Spider-Man is inarguably the most recognisable and iconic Marvel Comics superhero, and while Holland's depiction is not to everyone's tastes, not having some iteration of the character in the MCU would feel like a major loss. The movies did fine without him before the initial deal between Marvel and Sony was made, of course, but now that he's a part of this universe it'd be a massive shame to see him part ways.
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