Thanks to delving into the Marvel multiverse , the MCU has been able to bring back multiple actors from older Marvel franchises to play variants of their characters, like Patrick Stewart ’s Professor X in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness , Kelsey Grammer’s Beast in The Marvels and Hugh Jackman in Deadpool & Wolverine , the latest of the Marvel movies in order . In 2019, however, it was novel to see J.K.
Simmons appear as the MCU’s version of J. Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man: Far From Home mid-credits scene . Although Simmons was game to reprise the character he’d previously played in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man series, the actor was perplexed upon learning about the changes being made for this version of Jameson.
While going over his career with GQ , Simmons first discussed his time working on Spider-Man , Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3 , with the middle entry ranking as one of our best movies of the 2000s . He then recalled how he reacted upon learning that Marvel Studios wanted him to play the J. Jonah Jameson who resided in the MCU, which came literally after the main Far From Home shoot was finished.
As he explained: The movie was in the can. I don’t even know whose idea it was, if it was Amy [Pascal] or it was Jon [Watts] or if it was somebody else, ‘Hey, we can squeeze in a little J. Jonah Jameson here.
Why not get J.K. and see if he’ll do it.
’ And of course I was intrigued by the idea. ‘And we’re not going to do the flattop and the mustache.