Spider-Man: Far From Home - Everything We Know So Far
11. The Chameleon Will Feature Too
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Following on from reports that Gyllenhaal was set to play Mysterio were others that confirmed actor Numan Acar would be in the film. It was quickly speculated that he would be playing the Chameleon, a claim that was soon backed up thanks to a since-edited Instagram post that made reference to the Spidey villain - whose real name is Dmitri - in a hashtag.
The Chameleon was actually the first proper Spider-Man villain, so it's pretty great to see the character finally make his proper cinematic debut. The more attentive True Believers out there will also note that Dmitri is the half-brother of one Sergei Kravinoff, AKA Kraven the Hunter.
While it's unlikely that he'll be making an appearance too, it does point towards Marvel building Spidey's rogues gallery in a key way, and that they wish to do so by paying respect to the first villain to ever enter it.
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.
