Tom Holland's Spidey Cameo Removed from One Marvel Phase 4 Film

[{"selector":"#anim-a0c0e7a3-893c-4372-a8e3-86b98b5319a0 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(32.052734266096685%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Tom Holland's Spider-Man was reportedly set to appear in two MCU Multiverse films.

[{"selector":"#anim-f431728d-752a-495e-b389-b7384362ad38 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(12.514648210040342%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] In addition to bringing a group of Spider-Mans to the big screen in 2021, Spider-Man: No Way Home also served as the focal point of the Multiverse, a new MCU saga.

[{"selector":"#anim-b60afc2b-e8ce-4a38-81d5-0382b4ab7736 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(12.514648210040342%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Although No Way Home turned out to be Holland's one and only role in Phase 4, fans now know that wasn't the initial intention from Marvel Studios.

[{"selector":"#anim-2d44300a-a444-4e70-8859-6b52961987da [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(12.514648210040342%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] While Tom Holland's Doctor Strange 2 cameo's specifics are unknown to fans, its removal makes sense if it had to do with America Chavez given viewers hadn't yet met her.

[{"selector":"#anim-ac822b37-2ebf-45fb-9c72-cf9b8ecc89d5 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(32.052734266096685%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Even so, it's difficult to argue that Spider-Man wouldn't have improved Multiverse of Madness and the interconnectedness of the larger MCU.

[{"selector":"#anim-318095d9-deb5-4598-9111-6b3ae07efd7e [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(12.514648210040342%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] In fact, given the significance of Strange and the Multiverse in both, some type of Spider-Man presence wasn't simply expected; it was natural.

[{"selector":"#anim-872d4dae-8ea5-4b0b-8a6a-5575ea63b26a [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(12.514648210040342%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] In the end, all that was presented to the public was Wong and Strange recognizing "an incident with Spider-Man" and posing a few unsettling queries regarding his abilities.

[{"selector":"#anim-0aeb91b8-5554-42a9-8786-9eead66435f9 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(12.514648210040342%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] The key question in considering what might have been is how Spidey's involvement in Multiverse of Madness would have altered how and why he confronts Strange in Nowhere.