Spider-Man: Far From Home - 8 Fan Demands That Must Happen
5. A Reimagining Of Mysterio
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Out of all the changes the MCU has made to the comics, the decision to reimagine the Vulture as a victim of corporate greed - with his own family to provide for and struggles to deal with - was by far one of its best. Given the success of the move, it's easy to see why fans find the prospect of Mysterio also being reimagined particularly exciting.
We've known for a while now that Jake Gyllenhaal will play the villain, who goes by the name of Quentin Beck in the comics, and with Peter apparently being introduced to a figure with "elevated ideas" in the film, it's possible that Watts et al. have chosen to depict Mysterio less as a bumbling, resentful special effects artist, and perhaps as a genuine revolutionary in his chosen profession.
Images of Mysterio on set have shown the character without the fishbowl, so the film's already off to a good start there, but it remains to be seen if they change any of Beck's other characteristics. There's also the matter of Fury's interest to consider too, and though it's easy to see why Chameleon (portrayed by Numan Acar in the upcoming film) would alert him and Hill, it remains to be seen just how this new Mysterio will factor into the story.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
