The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Tom Holland praises Insomniac’s Spider-Man and shares that a move seen in the game is used in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Marvel's Spider-Man has just recently released its latest suit cosmetics based on this week's release of Spider-Man: No Way Home. Because Spider-Man: No Way Home is wedged between the launches of Marvel's Spider-Man and the officially announced Marvel's Spider-Man 2, it makes sense that these suits would be added as compounded DLC for the previous title since Insomniac has a penchant for suit cosmetic updates.
Unfortunately for PS4 users, however, the Spider-Man: No Way Home suits are exclusive to Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered on PS5. But while Marvel's Spider-Man has adapted suit cosmetics from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Tom Holland has expressed recently at a promotional interview for Spider-Man: No Way Home's press tour that the film has, in turn, adapted something from the game.
Paola Del Castillo's interview with Tom Holland departs marginally from talking about Spider-Man: No Way Home when he is asked if he has played Insomniac's Marvel's Spider-Man. Sony apparently sent Holland a PS5 with which he could play Marvel's Spider-Man on Spider-Man: No Way Home's set, so it is likely he was playing Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered. Holland praises Marvel's Spider-Man, and also interestingly shares that a specific move from the game was taken as direct inspiration and used for a scene in the film.
Holland does not state which move he refers to, nor does he narrow it down to a particular sequence. There are countless moves that could be drawn upon for inspiration between Marvel's Spider-Man's active combo finishers in combat, a web-swinging traversal animation, or a move utilized in a cinematic cutscene. Holland's Spider-Man is set to tackle at least five villains in Doctor Octopus, Green Goblin, Electro, Sandman, and the Lizard, so the potential for any such move to appear is endless while in these encounters.
If the leaks and rumors are indeed true, Holland may not be necessarily referring to his own Peter Parker when he says that Spider-Man does the move in the film. It is equally as possible that Tobey Maguire or Andrew Garfield may perform the move from Marvel's Spider-Man instead of Holland, but only a week's time will tell if that proves true or not.
Spider-Man: No Way Home employing a move from Marvel's Spider-Man demonstrates the significant influence that Insomniac's title has produced for the character, and if Holland is truly set for another trilogy of MCU films from Sony, players may expect a lot more influential collaborations between the two when Marvel's Spider-Man 2 releases.
Marvel’s Spider-Man is available now on PS4 and PS5.
Jared is a writer, editor, and Communications Studies student who loves popular nerd culture and the interactive storytelling medium. Jared’s first console was the PS1, wherein he fell for Spider-Man, Spyro the Dragon, and Crash Bandicoot.
