Jon Favreau Offers Insight on Happy Hogan's Role in SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING
I was pretty excited when I first heard the news that Jon Favreau would be reprising his role as Happy Hogan in Spider-Man: Homecoming. I like the character, and it's great that they’ve found a place for him in the story that director Jon Watts set out to tell. Favreau already talked about how much he liked Tom Holland's version of Spider-Man, saying:
“I think Spider-Man made me smile every second the character was on the screen. I was so pleased with the tone of the film in general, but those sequences specifically, and I just loved the way they introduced the character. I love the version of Tony Stark I saw, especially in those scenes. As somebody who was part of the beginning of the screen persona of Tony Stark, I thought that this was really impressive and a wonderful expansion of that character.”
I think a lot of fans felt the same way, and it’s going to be exciting to see how they’ve handled the character in his solo film. There hasn’t been a lot revealed regarding Happy’s role in that film, but Favreau recently offered up a bit on insight into what he’ll be doing. The actor told Cinemablend:
“I’m like... I'm looking after him. He needs someone to help him out.”
When he says “him,” he is obviously referring to Peter Parker. So he will be providing some kind of assistance in the film. I’m not sure what kind of assistance that will be, but if that’s the case it sounds like the character will have a role in the film that will be bigger than just a cameo. Favreau also talked about his time working on the film:
“I had a lot of fun on that movie, working with Robert [Downey Jr.] and everything. It was a good time, and I liked the whole gang. It was really terrific.”
We just learned that Spider-Man’s suit got an upgrade for the film and will be featuring web wings, which is cool. The first trailer should be released sometime soon, and I’m hoping that we see it with the release of Rogue One. Spider-Man: Homecoming will be released in theaters on July 7th, 2017.