‘Peter Parker & Aunt May’: Tom Holland’s Reunion With Marisa Tomei Has Fans in Tears
Tom Holland and Marisa Tomei’s latest reunion at the UK premiere of Spider-Man: Brand New Day has left fans in tears. Tomei played Aunt May, making her first appearance in Captain America: Civil War. However, Spider-Man: No Way Home gave her character an ending that fans found difficult to accept.
Spider-Man’s Tom Holland reunites with Marisa Tomei at Brand New Day red carpet
Holland and Tomei’s adorable moments from the UK premiere of Brand New Day have fans sobbing. In one of the pictures shared by Variety, Tomei could be seen holding Holland’s face affectionately in both hands as the latter watches her happily. Fans instantly took to the comment section to react to this moment.
A fan wrote, “Aunt May came back from the dead just to tell Peter she’s proud of him.” Another added, “They’re not even really aunt and nephew yet this feels so family-wholesome.” A third person mentioned, “Tom Holland really does look like a kid next to Marisa Tomei. It’ll be fun to watch Aunt May and Spider-Man’s reunion.” Other reactions included, “Aww this is so good. I miss her,” “the way they framed this as a spider-man reunion instead of just a red carpet photo is very sweet,” and “I’m seeing this I feel like crying because I missed her since no way home spider man.” Some fans also reacted with sad GIFs, see below.
In Spider-Man 3, Green Goblin launches a pumpkin bomb towards Aunt May. Although Norman Osborn tries to control his alter-ego, it inevitably takes over, leading to this Aunt May attack that causes her death. At first, Tomei’s character seems to be a bit okay, but she eventually succumbs to her injuries. Peter Parker holds her in his arms as she says her final goodbye.
In an interview with Variety, writers Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna revealed why they felt it was necessary to write off Aunt May. “We were at a point where we felt like there needed to be a loss, a sacrifice, that Peter needed to pay a real price for this decision to try to save the villains. I think it became pretty clear to a lot of us that losing Aunt May was the thing that would really drive home the point we were trying to make: making this the movie where Peter Parker experiences the loss that the other ones did in their first movies,” Sommers explained.
Source: Comingsoon.net