While Spider-Man: No Way Home ultimately fell one villain short of a Sinister Six, screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers revealed recently that both Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Rhino (Paul Giamatti) were indeed considered as a potential sixth member of the supervillain team, and now we have a look at some unused concept art which sees the former battling Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange during the film’s climactic Statue of Liberty showdown. Take a look here…
New #SpiderManNoWayHome concept art features a battle between Doctor Strange and Mysterio. pic.twitter.com/JRxRoEGuyo
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For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a Super Hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.
Spider-Man: No Way Home sees Jon Watts (Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home) directing Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Zendaya (MJ), Marisa Tomei (Aunt May), Jacob Batalon (Ned Leeds), Tony Revolori (Flash Thompson), Jon Favreau (Happy Hogan), Angourie Rice (Betty Brandt), Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (Jason Ionello), Benedict Wong (Wong), J.K. Simmons (J. Jonah Jameson), Martin Star (Mr. Harrington), J.B. Smoove (Mr. Dell), Hannibal Buress (Coach Wilson), Jamie Foxx (Electro), Alfred Molina (Doctor Octopus), Rhys Ifans (Lizard), Thomas Haden Church (Sandman), and Willem Dafoe (Green Goblin).
