SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME Director Says Nick Fury is Like Peter Parker's "Mean New Stepdad"
As we’ve all seen in the trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home, Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) is back and he will be joined by Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders). We know that in the film, Fury recruits Spider-Man to help out with some issues in Europe that involves some villainous elementals.
Thanks to director Jon Watts, we have some additional insight on what we can expect to see from this movie and what Peter Parker’s relationship with Fury will be like.
Watts says that Peter Parker "will have been through a lot" by the time the story picks up in Far From Home and one of the main focuses of the movie will be on the relationship between Spider-Man and Nick Fury. He explains that he drew from some of his own experiences growing up with how he handled this story:
"I have this memory of being a kid and wanting so desperately to be treated like an adult. And then there's one day, suddenly, where everyone does treat you like an adult and you start to think, ‘Oh, I liked it better when I was being treated like a kid. Could I go back?’ But by the time that happened, you're never allowed to go back."
Watts goes on to explain that while Tony Stark has been a supportive mentor to Peter, his relationship with Fury will be much different. He describes him as the mean new stepdad, and explains:
"If Tony is like the supportive cool uncle, Fury's more like the mean new stepdad. Fury doesn't see himself in Peter Parker. Fury sees Peter Parker as an asset that he needs who is too preoccupied with a bunch of high school problems. Part of my pitch for the very first movie was bringing Nick Fury in and making him the mean substitute teacher."
That will make for a very different and interesting dynamic. I’m excited to see these two characters spend some time with each other! The director went on to compare Spider-Man: Far From Home to 1991's If Looks Could Kill starring Richard Greco, saying:
"You get to have this teenage James Bond character. Total world-weary Nick Fury and enthusiastic New York teenager Peter Parker gallivanting across Europe – what's more fun than that? You put them together and you have some good stuff."
This movie looks and sounds like it’s going to be a blast, and I’m excited to see it!
Source: USA Today