Kevin Feige Breaks Down the Surprise Connection Between Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Far From Home’

[Editors’ note: The following post contains spoilers for Spider-Man-Far-From-Home-2019-movie-posters/”>Spider-Man: Far From Home.]“Spider-Man: Far From Home” saves one of its biggest surprises for last when J.

Jonah Jameson makes his grand introduction into the Marvel Cinematic Universe during the film’s first post-credits scene.

The surprise is that the new J.

Jonah Jameson is played by the old J.

Jonah Jameson: J.K.

Simmons.

The “Whiplash” Oscar winner played the easily-aggravated Daily Bugle editor in chief in the “Spider-Man” movies directed by Sam Raimi.

In “Far From Home,” J.

Jonah Jameson has been reimagined as an Alex Jones-style video blogger who goes public with Spider-Man’s real identity.

While Simmons plays the character in both “Spider-Man” franchises, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige is adamant this is not the same character.“The thing is, J.K.

Simmons is such a versatile actor.

Look at what he’s done over the years since his iconic portrayal of this character in the Sam Raimi films,

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