SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME Rejected Ideas & Deleted Scenes

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>In early drafts, Spider-Man is recruited by Nick Fury to stop Mysterio from performing a series of robberies across Europe using the Elementals as cover. This was later changed into Mysterio manipulating Spider-Man into believing he was a hero.

>Early drafts featured the real Nick Fury and Maria Hill. They were later changed into Talos and Soren masquerading as Fury and Hill to justify how Mysterio was able to deceive them.

>Early drafts featured Jessica Drew as a British spy assigned to help Peter and Gwen Stacy as a French exchange student who befriends Peter.

>Early drafts featured the new Captain America helping Spider-Man fight Mysterio in London.

>Early drafts featured EDITH having an A.I. modeled after Iron Man.

>Early drafts featured Peter and his friends visiting New Asgard.

>Early drafts featured another encounter between Peter and Aaron Davis.

>In early drafts, Mysterio also turned out to be a Skrull.

>In early drafts, Peter Parker’s secret identity would be exposed during the final battle, before it was decided it would be better as a cliffhanger.

>Early cuts featured an extended sequence of Peter's travel preparations, including picking up his passport amid post-Blip chaos, pawning off his toys for money to buy a necklace for MJ and dismantling the Manfredi crime family in a restaurant shootout. It will be included in the home release as a short film titled "Peter's To-Do List".

>Early cuts featured more comedic bits about people recovering from the Blip.

>Early cuts featured more interactions between Peter and Maria Hill.

>Early cuts explained how Mysterio's team erased all records of his existence.

>Early cuts reportedly ended with Peter's secret identity being exposed and featured a mid-credits scene about the new owner of Stark Tower, but this is not confirmed.

>Matt Damon was approached for Mysterio before Jake Gyllenhaal was cast.