Disclaimer: This post contains mad spoilers for the end of Spider-Man: Far From Home.

Spider-Man: Far From Home had its fair share of surprises in it. Of course, we had the reveal that Mysterio wasn’t exactly the Iron Man replacement everyone was hoping he would be, but the biggest reveals actually came at the very end of the film — namely, in the post-credits sequences. Don’t worry, I’ll talk about that big Spidey reveal one later, but for now, I want to focus in on one aspect of that first sequence.

As you’ll recall, the scene saw Spidey and MJ staring up at a news report playing on the side of the building. Lo and behold, after a couple words from the normal human newscaster, we then cut to an Alex Jones-ified J. Jonah Jameson, with the role being reprised by the great J.K. Simmons.

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So, how did this come about? Speaking with The New York Times, writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers about the creation of that idea. Here’s what he said.

McKENNA Both of those ideas came together pretty quickly. I don’t know if it was [director Jon] Watts or someone else who said, “It should be the Daily Bugle, and it should be J. Jonah Jameson.” That idea has been lingering around since “Homecoming”: How do we insert our new version of J. Jonah?

SOMMERS There had already been some interest in possibly using J.K. Simmons when we brought J. Jonah back, so once it was decided that we were going to reveal Peter’s identity at the very end instead of the final battle, it all fell into place very naturally that J. Jonah would be involved.

McKENNA Something that had been floating through this entire movie was the idea of “fake news” and how can you believe everything you see? We had been toying with the idea that Mysterio would turn Spider-Man into a villain, just like he did in the comic books, and it felt like that then tied into this J. Jonah 2.0 as the Alex Jones of the MCU.

Given the overall theme of “fake news” in the film, it really worked in its favor that this iteration of Jameson was so looney. But what did you think of this reveal? Did it help add to the Spider-Man mythos in the MCU? let us know your thoughts down below!

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SOURCE: NY Times