SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Script Includes Big SPIDER-MAN 4 Tease And A Scrapped "Stan Lee" Cameo

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Script Includes Big SPIDER-MAN 4 Tease And A Scrapped "Stan Lee" Cameo

A closer look at the Spider-Man: No Way Home screenplay reveals a possible tease for where Peter Parker and MJ's relationship could go next in Spider-Man 4, and plans for a Stan Lee "look-alike" to appear.

By JoshWilding - Jan 28, 2022 09:01 AM EST
Filed Under: No Way Home

Sony Pictures recently released the full screenplay for Spider-Man: No Way Home, and while it was clearly the shooting script rather than an early version with any deleted scene, it still contained a few surprises. 

Two of those have now been discovered, and at least one could have major implications for Spider-Man 4. At the end of the movie, Doctor Strange casts a spell that makes the entire MCU forget Peter Parker; as a result, no one knows who is beneath the mask, while everyone who ever knew or loved Peter (and the world at large) has no recollection of him ever existing.

It's pretty traumatic for the teenager when you stop and think about it, but is there a chance MJ will find her way back to the wall-crawler? In the screenplay, it's revealed that when he visits her in that diner, there's "a filcker of déjà vu on her face." Later, it's noted that MJ "[watches] Peter go with a lingering sense of...recognition?"

The insinuation here appears to be that Doctor Strange's spell wasn't completely foolproof and that there's a chance MJ's memory of Peter is buried somewhere deep inside her mind. In the comic books, when the Sorcerer Supreme hid Spider-Man's secret identity, all he had to do was unmask in front of someone in order to restore their memory. Perhaps the power of love will win out?

Elsewhere, we learn that the elderly customer MJ was shown talked to when Peter entered the diner was written as a "Stan Lee Look-Alike." A quick search on Twitter points to only a very small handful of fans believing the extra looked like "The Man," and we're guessing plans changed. 

Spider-Man 4 still hasn't been officially announced, though Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige previously hinted that work has already begun on developing that fourth chapter.

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 1/28/2022, 9:24 AM
Spider-Man 4: Home Alone lol
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 1/28/2022, 9:32 AM
@Waddles - Call it Spectacular Spider-Man!!!
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 1/28/2022, 9:34 AM
@Waddles - I don't mind a naming convention, but they should drop the ''home'' thing indeed
braunermegda
braunermegda - 1/28/2022, 9:25 AM
holy shit, and I thought you couldn't stretch things any further for [frick]s sake
billnye69
billnye69 - 1/28/2022, 9:26 AM
"a flicker of déjà vu on her face."

Giggity!
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 1/28/2022, 9:31 AM
Honestly a Stan Lee deepfake for that last cameo would've been pretty cool. Would be fitting to have his last apperance as a Spidey film.
Saga
Saga - 1/28/2022, 9:32 AM
I hope in 4 peter goes to work for Jameson and develops the platonic relationship with Betty, love that actress
LonelyRanger
LonelyRanger - 1/28/2022, 3:42 PM
@Waddles - I think you mean Michael Clarke Duncan, or, wait, is that Michael Anthony Anthony Michael Hall...?😉
LonelyRanger
LonelyRanger - 1/28/2022, 3:54 PM
@Waddles - Well, I didn't see that bus, which is why I missed it...!
I guess, I'm walking home...!
TheManWithoutFear
TheManWithoutFear - 1/28/2022, 9:34 AM
If they walk back the 'forgetting' spell for MJ and Ned then it'll be garbage. That moment might be the only time i have liked Tom's Peter Parker.

But then again, i'm probably not the target audience anyway. There is only one Spidey 4 i want to see.

generictheeric
generictheeric - 1/28/2022, 9:47 AM
@TheManWithoutFear -

TheManWithoutFear
TheManWithoutFear - 1/28/2022, 9:53 AM
@generictheeric

MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 1/28/2022, 9:35 AM
I thought it was implied in the movie that there was the slightest moment of her lingering on Peter as he leaves. I thought it was assumed there is some hope of her remembering.

bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 1/28/2022, 9:37 AM
Definitely not a fan of a Stan Lee look alike. Rather would've seen some footage on a screen at some place, and have Peter watch it and get that lingering sense of deja vu
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 1/28/2022, 10:55 AM
@Waddles - yeah exactly. There are so many ways of honouring The Man without CGI or a double. The statue in the Spider-Man game was cool too
BraxtonHicks
BraxtonHicks - 1/28/2022, 9:39 AM
Keep Peter alone, I'm tired of having someone in the chair.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 1/28/2022, 10:02 AM
I think it's time to move on from MJ. We don't need her to be in all the next trilogy of films. Introduce Gwen and have MJ appear again AFTER Gwen's death. That way her return holds more weight.
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 1/28/2022, 11:09 AM
@TheRationalNerd - Yep, it's time for either a new love interests in his personal life or superhero life
TheSuperMex
TheSuperMex - 1/28/2022, 10:12 AM
I think Stan Lee should just cameo as pictures in future movies.
Manmarvel
Manmarvel - 1/28/2022, 10:16 AM
The only acceptable cameo of The man would have been a digitally enhanced photo of a younger Stan Lee and they referred to him as Uncle Ben.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 1/28/2022, 10:26 AM
We had to regress Strange as a character and make him an imbecile for all the stupid in this movie to work
Splash
Splash - 1/28/2022, 10:39 AM
"I KNEW IT!" - Thor
valmic
valmic - 1/28/2022, 4:34 PM
Stan Lee should be cameoed by different actors like the way they use different actors as the colonel in KFC ads.
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