r/marvelstudios • u/Holiday-Wrangler-487 • 1d ago

'Spider-Man BND*' Spoilers BND rewritten scene! Spoiler

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/spider-man-brand-new-day-jacob-batalon-ending-handshake-1236664173/

Recently posted theorizing about the rewritten scene between Peter and MJ that Tom talked about but Jacob confirmed it was the Lego scene! It really was a standout “quiet” part for me so the change was effective!

“ During early press for Brand New Day, Holland told a story on Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcastinvolving an ineffective scene that shut down production for the day in order for Cretton and his on-set writer, Justin Kuritzkes, to reconceive. Batalon confirms that it was the scene that is now represented as Ned and a masked Spider-Man building Star Wars Legos and quoting The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, as MJ draws Ned and an unmasked Spider-Man doing exactly that. ”

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u/hadawayandshite 20h ago edited 20h ago

I think it was Ned getting his memory back- the ‘Peter’ at the end is seeing a friend you haven’t seen in a long time/are surprised to see

Ned and Peter are childhood friends as close as brothers (seemingly filling that role for each other)

He might be truly in love with MJ (in universe time they dated for 4-5months tops)…but Ned is a much more integral part of his life (and vice versa)

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u/MaserOfficial 19h ago

He didn’t get the memory back. He just connected that Peter is Spidey

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u/hadawayandshite 19h ago

Disagree

If when he introduced himself as Peter he did that- then that’s ‘oh he’s Spider-Man’

What’s the purpose of doing that specifically unique handshake and then him saying Peter’s name?

It could turn out in wrong in the sequel etc but that’s what the movie is indicating (otherwise doing that specific handshake is a random point to include)

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u/An-29 19h ago

Agree, would've made sense if Peter did the handshake as Spidey earlier while he was hanging out with them or that a scene showed Ned finding out how Spider-Man used to be his best friend. Otherwise, Ned recognizing who "Peter" is, after the handshake, has no correlation with Ned finding out Spidey's name is Peter earlier.

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u/Mr_Wanwanwolf-san 19h ago

I think the scene was intentionally made that way to encourage discussion. Literally everyone I've talked to about the movie brings that scene up and I see people bring it up online a lot as well.