49 Fun Facts About Spider-Man: Far From Home

Who directed Spider-Man: Far From Home?

Jon Watts directed Far From Home after Homecoming; he shot J. Jonah Jameson's surprise cameo as late as possible, against a green screen in a Disney conference room, to stop it leaking.

Far From Home was the final film of which phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

Phase Three ended with Far From Home, not Avengers: Endgame: Kevin Feige confirmed it at a Shanghai fan event in April 2019, surprising fans who expected the film to open the next phase.

Where do Nick Fury and Maria Hill first encounter an Elemental in the opening scene?

The film opens in Ixtenco, Mexico, where Fury and Hill investigate a storm with a face, the Earth Elemental, and meet Quentin Beck as he appears to destroy it.

Why has Midtown School restarted its academic year?

Midtown restarted its year to accommodate students who returned un-aged after the Blip; Ned and MJ vanished with Peter, while classmates like Brad Davis aged five years.

Which Italian city is the first stop on the class trip, where Peter first sees Mysterio fight?

Venice is the first stop: a watery Elemental rises from the Grand Canal, and Peter can only shield his classmates while Beck swoops in and appears to destroy it.

What does Fury give Peter that belonged to Tony Stark?

Fury hands Peter what Tony Stark left him: his eyeglasses, which carry an AI with control of Stark Industries' databases and an orbital network of armed drones.

What is the name of the AI that Tony Stark leaves to Peter?

E.D.I.T.H. stands for 'Even Dead, I'm The Hero'; the voice belongs not to an actor but to Dawn Michelle King, an assistant editor on the film.

Where does Beck claim to come from?

Beck claims to come from Earth-833 in the multiverse, calling Peter's world Earth-616; the multiverse story is a lie he invents to win Fury's trust.

Which city does the Fire Elemental attack after Fury reroutes the school trip?

Prague is hit during a festival of lights: the Fire Elemental erupts at a fairground, and Beck seems to destroy it while Peter helps in an all-black stealth suit.

What alter-ego name does Ned invent when Peter fights in his black stealth suit?

Night Monkey is the name Ned blurts out so that nobody links the black-suited hero to Peter; Sony later cut a spoof 'Night Monkey' trailer for the home release.

What does MJ pick up during the Fire Elemental fight that exposes Beck?

A projector disguised as debris is what MJ picked up; when she shows it to Peter it flickers on and replays part of an Elemental, proving the monsters are Beck's fakes.

What hits Peter at the end of Mysterio's illusion sequence in Berlin?

Beck ends the Berlin illusion by steering Peter into the path of a train; he survives, crawls aboard and wakes up in a jail cell in the Netherlands.

Where does the final battle with the merged Elementals take place?

London, around Tower Bridge, hosts Beck's biggest fake: a fusion of all the Elementals, staged with armed drones so that the world will hail him as an Avengers-level hero.

How does Beck die?

Beck is hit by a misfired shot from one of his own drones in the final battle; he dies after one last failed attempt to shoot Peter, leaving the doctored footage to his crew.

What does the mid-credits scene reveal to the world?

The mid-credits scene has J. Jonah Jameson broadcast Beck's doctored footage, which frames Spider-Man for the attack and exposes Spider-Man's secret identity as Peter Parker.

Who plays J. Jonah Jameson in the mid-credits scene?

J. K. Simmons plays J. Jonah Jameson, reprising the role from Sam Raimi's 2002–2007 Spider-Man trilogy; his appearance was kept secret until the film's release.

What do Fury and Hill turn out to have been all along in the post-credits scene?

Skrulls in disguise: Talos and Soren, played again by Ben Mendelsohn and Sharon Blynn from Captain Marvel, had been standing in while the real Fury was away in space.

Who plays Quentin Beck / Mysterio?

Jake Gyllenhaal plays Quentin Beck / Mysterio, his first Marvel role; years earlier he was considered to take over as Peter Parker when a back injury threatened to sideline Tobey Maguire.

The director described Mysterio's relationship to Peter as what, in contrast to Tony Stark's mentor role?

'The cool uncle' was the director's phrase for Mysterio, set against Tony Stark the mentor; Beck plays the friendly confidant to win the trust of a boy who is grieving.

Which Spider-Man comics villain was Far From Home's Earth Elemental modelled on?

Sandman lent his look to the Earth Elemental, as Hydro-Man, Molten Man and Cyclone did to the water, fire and wind monsters; in the film each is only an illusion staged by Beck.

Who plays Julius Dell, the teacher chaperoning the class trip alongside Mr. Harrington?

J. B. Smoove plays Julius Dell; the idea to cast him came from the Audi commercials he had made with Tom Holland to promote Homecoming.

Which Iron Man (2008) character returns as one of Beck's accomplices?

William Ginter Riva, a Stark scientist in Iron Man (2008), is one of the embittered former Stark employees who build Beck's hoax; Peter Billingsley returns to the role 11 years on.

Which actress returns as Maria Hill, Nick Fury's right hand, in Far From Home?

Cobie Smulders is back as Maria Hill; she and Fury open the film investigating an unnatural storm, which is where the pair first meet Quentin Beck.

Which song plays over the Marvel logo during the opening 'in memoriam' tribute?

"I Will Always Love You", in Whitney Houston's version, plays over the Marvel Studios logo while a clumsy school-news tribute mourns the fallen Avengers, turning Endgame's grief into the film's first joke.

Far From Home's working title, 'Fall of George', continued a run of nods to which sitcom?

Seinfeld set the pattern: Homecoming shot as 'Summer of George', a Seinfeld reference, so the sequel became 'Fall of George' and the third film 'Serenity Now'.

Where was Far From Home primarily shot, unlike Homecoming's Atlanta base?

London and its studios hosted most of the shoot; Kevin Feige said that with so much of the story set outside New York, filming in England rather than Atlanta made sense.

Where was Far From Home's replica city set built?

On a backlot at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden the crew built a city quarter of their own, complete with shops and restaurants, to cut together with location footage.

How was Far From Home's Dutch tulip scene created?

Digital tulips in a British field did the job: Image Engine hand-modelled tulips in eight colours and scattered about two million of them over grass shot in the UK.

Which classic alternate version of the hero inspired the black stealth suit Fury gives Peter?

Spider-Man Noir, the 1930s pulp take on the hero, was the look the director asked Marvel's designers for; the result is a tactical black suit whose goggles flip up.

Whose butler shows up at the airport instead of a parent, thanks to a pitch by the actor?

Flash Thompson's butler collects him at the airport, a sadder, funnier beat that actor Tony Revolori pitched; the crew shot it with a father too and kept the butler.

Beck's illusions use B.A.R.F., a hologram system Tony Stark first demonstrated in which film?

Captain America: Civil War introduced B.A.R.F., so Far From Home's effects team had to match that film's transition effect every time one of Beck's illusions switches on or off.

Outside which New York landmark do Peter and MJ land at the end of their swing through the city?

Madison Square Garden's giant screens carry the news broadcast that ends the film; the crew shot around the arena and Penn Station during the New York leg in October 2018.

What gift does Peter buy for MJ during the class trip?

A black dahlia necklace is Peter's gift, chosen for MJ's macabre taste: the name recalls the Black Dahlia, a notorious Los Angeles murder case of 1947.

Which Homecoming villain was announced as returning for Far From Home but never appeared?

Adrian Toomes / Vulture was due back, with Michael Keaton reported in 2018 to be returning, but the director later confirmed that neither he nor Laura Harrier's Liz is in the film.

Which actress plays Betty Brant, who dates Ned during the class trip?

Angourie Rice plays Betty Brant, who dates Ned for the length of the trip before the pair amicably split; Rice first played Betty in Homecoming.

Far From Home's reimagined J. Jonah Jameson drew comparisons to which real-world broadcaster?

Alex Jones was the comparison the director himself drew: the blustering newspaper editor of the earlier films now resembles a real kind of online ranter, so the film made him one.

Which returning character from the Iron Man films looks after Peter in Far From Home?

Happy Hogan is adrift without Tony, which let the director explore what he called 'trying to find your place in the world if the center of your world is gone'.

Which airline, which has a major hub at Newark, flies Peter's class to Europe as a Far From Home promotional partner?

United Airlines lent one of its aircraft for the flight scenes, put real employees and customers on screen as extras, and featured Spider-Man in its in-flight safety video.

What was unusual about the second trailer's opening?

Tom Holland warned it contained Endgame spoilers in a short filmed intro, because the trailer, released ten days after Endgame opened, builds on that film's ending.

Which Bond film did Far From Home overtake to become Sony's highest-grossing film?

Skyfall's $1.108 billion had been Sony's biggest worldwide gross since 2012; Far From Home passed it on 18 August 2019, lifted by the afterglow of Avengers: Endgame, which it directly follows.

Far From Home's $185 million six-day debut beat a July 4 holiday record set by which earlier film?

Spider-Man 2 had held the six-day Independence Day record, $180 million, since 2004; Far From Home beat it even though forecasts that week had slipped to about $140 million.

Which Disney film knocked it off the top of the North American box office in its third weekend?

The Lion King opened to $191.8 million in July 2019 and pushed Far From Home to second place in its third weekend; its own 51% second-weekend drop was gentler than Homecoming's 62%.

In which two countries did Far From Home open on 28 June 2019, four days before its US release?

China and Japan got the film four days early, a reversal from Homecoming, which had reached Chinese cinemas nearly two months after it opened elsewhere.

What was the name of the short film on the home release built from cut errand scenes?

The short film Peter's To-Do List stitches together cut errand scenes from the opening, including Hemky Madera's bodega owner Mr. Delmar, who was cut entirely from the feature.

Which real website did Sony create for the home-media viral campaign?

Sony launched TheDailyBugle.net in September 2019 as a viral site styled after conspiracy news outlets, publishing Jameson's rants about Spider-Man ahead of the home release.

Which returning Homecoming composer scored Far From Home?

Michael Giacchino wrote the Marvel Studios fanfare as well as this score, yet Far From Home's opening logo plays to a pop ballad.

Which Go-Go's hit plays over Far From Home's end credits?

"Vacation" plays over the end credits, a wink at the plot: Peter spends the whole film trying to have one.

Kevin Feige said the Spider-Man films might follow which franchise's model of one school year per film?

Harry Potter was the model Kevin Feige floated in 2016: sophomore year first, then junior and senior, perhaps with a summer break between. The sequel duly became the summer trip.

Which actress plays Peter's Aunt May in Far From Home?

Marisa Tomei plays a May who now knows her nephew is Spider-Man and wants him suited up more often to help her charitable causes.