Mysterio made his big screen debut in Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker, Kristen Dunst as Mary Jane Watson, and Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborne/Green Goblin.
Spider-Man is credited for redefining the modern superhero genre and the summer blockbuster, and made way for two sequels. Spider-Man 3 didn’t live up to that, and its overloaded storylines, subplots, and too many villains made it the most criticized movie of the trilogy. Spider-Man 3’s failure put an end to all plans for future sequels, even though Raimi already had an idea of what he wanted to tell and the characters he wanted to bring in Spider-Man 4.
Over the years, details on Bruce Campbell, who cameoed in all Spider-Man movies under Raimi’s lead, which would have definitely been fun to watch.
Of course, this would have been a very different Mysterio than the one played by Jake Gyllenhaal in Spider-Man: Far From Home. The MCU’s version of the character presented himself as a hero from another universe who arrived to save this Earth from the Elementals, but it all turned out to be a lie, and he was actually a former Stark Industries employee who helped develop the holographic technology seen in revealing Spider-Man’s real identity.
Given that Mysterio would have had a very small role in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 4, there’s not much information to compare the two versions, but judging by the concept art that has been revealed, Mysterio wouldn’t have been in his best moment in Spider-Man 4, which is why he would have been considered a D-list villain. While it would have been interesting to see Raimi’s take on the character, Mysterio’s big screen debut was one to , and will have big consequences in Spider-Man’s future adventures in the MCU.
