No Way Home’s Unused Aunt May Death Scene Would’ve Been Even Sadder

Aunt May’s death in Spider-Man: No Way Home was almost very different, with the original plan potentially being an even more emotional story for May and Peter Parker. Marisa Tomei debuted as Aunt May in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War and was a key figure in Tom Holland’s first trilogy in the MCU as Spider-Man, having become his guardian after his parents became absent prior to his introduction. Aunt May was often Parker’s moral compass as Spider-Man, particularly in 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, which saw Parker try and save five multiversal villains, following Aunt May’s belief that they could be redeemed.