Marvel fans have been visually feasting on movies for a while now with ‘Black Panther’, ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Deadpool’ hitting screens back-to-back in the last few months. Next up is ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming 2’ which is currently in the pipeline. As per recent reports, Jake Gyllenhaal is all set to join the team.
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Jake will play the role of supervillain Mysterio, who was originally introduced back in 1964 in the comics by creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Mysterio is a Hollywood stuntman who becomes a criminal after failing in Hollywood. Tom Holland is returning as Peter Parker and was recently seen in the latest ‘Avengers’ installment.
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Interestingly, Jake was considered for the titular role back in 2004, when Tobey had injured himself while shooting for ‘Seabiscuit’. This is going to be a superhero movie debut for Jake, who is currently shooting for Dan Gilroy’s horror thriller ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’.