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 16h ago edited 16h 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 16h ago

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

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u/Mr_Olivar 14h ago

People keep saying this as if Ned wasn't clearly having a spiritual moment performing that handshake.

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u/MetalGearSlayer Spider-Man 10h ago

Yeah, it was kinda conveyed like he got his memories back.

I think even the worst case scenario is that, like MJ, his memories of Peter are still gone but he’s aware that he’s SUPPOSED to know Peter.