It turns out that even before Disney had entered into an agreement with Sony to allow both studios to share Spider-Man in their movies, the Wall-Crawler had actually already appeared in a Marvel Cinematic Universe film.
A scene in the 2010 film Iron Man 2 depicts Robert Downey Jr.’s titular superhero rescuing a young boy wearing a toy Iron Man mask from a murderous robot. In an interview with Huffington Post, current Spider-Man actor Tom Holland confirmed that the kid was actually a young Peter Parker, saying:
“It is Peter Parker… I can confirm that, that is Peter Parker… I can confirm that as of today. I literally had a conversation with Kevin Feige only 20 minutes ago. Maybe I’ve just done a big, old spoiler, but it’s out there now… I like the idea that Peter Parker has been in the universe since the beginning.”
Thanks to Holland’s statement, we now know that Spider-Man debuted in the MCU long before the release of Captain America: Civil War. You can the brief in question below, but don’t get too excited, as it’s only thirteen seconds long.
Spider-Man: Homecoming will be distributed by Sony and will open in wide release on July 7. After that, we’ll next see Tom Holland reprise the role of Spider-Man in Avengers: Infinity War, which will be released on May 4, 2018.
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