Will We See Uncle Ben In Spider-Man: Homecoming?

When we first meet Tom Holland's Peter Parker, he had been Spider-Man for about six months already. Every comic fan knows that Uncle Ben's death is a crucial part to the hero's origin, but with Homecoming taking place after Civil War, one begs the question: Will we see Uncle Ben in the Spider-Man: Homecoming?

In an interview with ScreenRant, director Jon Watts says that Ben won't really have a big presence in the movie, but he will be included in a minimal way. He says:

"I mean, we're implying he's dead. We have not at all, again, gone into trying to change his origin story as far as I have been envisioning it. But we, just again, we thought that to keep this fun, light tone, as soon as they have to have their, like, ‘Let's remember our dearly departed father figure' – it derails that a little. And again, what we're trying to tell is this sort of fun story of the kid who is doing all the wrong things for the right reasons. And once you do that, it stops becoming a sort of fun movie about a kid trying to be a kid. He's mourning the loss of a parent."

Seeing that it has been a while since Ben passed, it would make sense that Peter and his Aunt May are over their mourning period in the movie. This time around, the movie looks to focus on Peter's new father figure, Tony Stark.

Addressing the Peter-Tony relationship, Tom Holland himself explained:

"I think we're seeing the beginning of a sort of father-son relationship. Obviously Tony hasn't got any kids, and Peter at this point hasn't got any male figures in his life, so I think there's a really lovely dynamic that Robert and I are forming. And, no, let me take that back. I think Robert is more like a big brother than he is a father figure because he picks on him and he is down on him quite a lot. But then there is that level of him caring about him like his own, and Robert has really brought something lovely to the character. It's a very different side of Stark than you've ever seen before."

We have seen some interesting dynamic between the two in the trailers, but with Tony Stark forming a more serious outlook after Civil War, the audience will have to understand why he has to be a bit stricter around Peter Parker. After all, he doesn't want things to end up like with Captain America.

Spider-Man: Homecoming comes out on July 7.

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