7 Recently Confirmed Truths You Didn’t Know About Famous Movies

7. That Was Peter Parker In The Mask - Iron Man 2

If you thought Peter Parker's first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe came in Captain America: Civil War, you'd be bang wrong.

A pint-sized version of the future Spider-Man cropped up in 2010's Iron Man 2, except nobody knew it at the time, bar a few astute internet theorists.

Remember that scene where it all goes off at the expo and Tony Stark saves that kid in the Iron Man mask from one of Hammer's crazed mechs? Seven years later, that has been confirmed as Spider-Man.

Tom Holland, who plays Peter in the MCU, dropped the bombshell around the time of Spider-Man: Homecoming's release, confirming a prior connection to Iron Man.

Whether this was always intended to be Parker is debatable, but it is rather convenient, and helps explain why Spidey is so in awe of Iron Man in the latest films.

If you saw somebody save the day in spectacular fashion when you were at such an impressionable age, wouldn't you want to be just like them?