Bruce Campbell (who had made cameo appearances throughout Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film series) was planned to appear as Mysterio in the film's opening montage of Spider-Man defeating several C- and D-list villains. In a 2022 interview, Raimi confirmed that cameo "was one of the possibilities" for the movie. Marvel Cinematic Universe Quentin Beck / Mysterio appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal. Introduced in the film Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), this version is a former Stark Industries scientist who developed holographic technology that Tony Stark showcased in the film Captain America: Civil War (2016) and dubbed B.A.R.F. (Binary Augmented Retro-Framing). Angered at Stark for "stealing" his invention, the scientist was fired for his unstable nature. As a result, he swore revenge and joined forces with other like-minded ex-Stark Industries employees to take advantage of the power vacuum left in the wake of Stark's death in the film Avengers: Endgame (2019). To this end, they manufactured the Elementals using drones equipped with holographic technology, gave the scientist the alias of "Quentin Beck", and fabricated a backstory for the illusions by claiming the entities and Beck himself were from another universe. To build up his reputation and legitimize himself as an "Avengers-level" hero, Beck joins forces with an unknowing Talos disguised as Nick Fury and Spider-Man—whose classmates gave Beck the "Mysterio" moniker—to "defeat" the Elementals around the world while bonding with the latter to gain his trust and acquire a device Talos gave him on Stark's behalf. Once Spider-Man hands said device, E.D.I.T.H., over to him, Beck sets about fulfilling his master plan. However, when he learns Spider-Man broke off a holographic projector from one of the drones, he reluctantly decides to kill him along with anyone who could potentially reveal his secret. Using a fight in London between his holographic persona and an Elemental Fusion monster as a distraction, Beck attempts to act on this plan, but is foiled when Spider-Man destroys his drones and retrieves E.D.I.T.H. from him. During the fight, Beck is accidentally shot and killed by one of the drones. Unbeknownst to Spider-Man however, one of his associates downloaded the drones' data and doctored the footage to demonize Spider-Man, reveal his identity, and posthumously make Beck look like a hero before sending said footage to J. Jonah Jameson to show the world. Beck reappears in the film Spider-Man: No Way