Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer - 10 Biggest Takeaways

3. Doctor Strange's Role

Spider-Man: No Way Home
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Doctor Strange and Peter Parker first crossed paths in the MCU aboard one of Thanos’ ships heading back to Titan. As the Sorcerer Supreme says himself in the trailer, they saved half the universe together, and are closer than Peter calling him Sir.

There has been speculation for months now about just how much of a role Strange would have in the third Spider-Man movie. Would it be a relatively small cameo similar to his appearance in Thor: Ragnarok, or a larger role closer to Tony Stark’s in Homecoming? The trailer has revealed that it will be far more than a mere cameo.

Peter will go to Stephen to ask him for a spell that will make the world forget that he is Spider-Man. Against Wong’s advice, the Sorcerer Supreme decides to help his young colleague anyway, and seemingly merges several timelines in the process.

For the rest of the movie, it would seem that Peter and Stephen will have to work together against the threats that the multiverse brings in what will be something of a precursor to the Multiverse of Madness. That is however, if this is actually the real Doctor Strange…

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