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Tom Holland Confirms That Peter Parker Appeared in Iron Man 2

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LordOfLore

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Marvel fans, if your spidey senses have been tingling for a while, there’s a reason for that.

It’s been a long-held theory that “Captain America: Civil War” and “Spider-Man: Homecoming” aren’t Peter Parker’s first appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Fans point to a scene from “Iron Man 2” where a little boy in an Iron Man mask stares down a robot at the Stark Expo. There’s speculation that this boy may actually be a young Peter Parker.

As evidence, “Iron Man 2” was released in 2010. Since Parker is in his mid-teens in “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” which comes out July 7, he would’ve been about the right age of the kid at the time. Also, the Expo takes place in Queens, Spidey’s hometown.

But is this really the future web-slinging hero?

Uh, yup.

Congrats, theorists. We asked Tom Holland, aka the real Spider-Man, if the theory is true, and he officially confirmed it. In fact, he triple-confirmed it, and he got the info straight from Marvel boss Kevin Feige.

“It is Peter Parker,” said Holland.

“It is?” we asked.

“I can confirm that, that is Peter Parker,” Holland said.

“No way, for sure?” we asked again.

“I can confirm that as of today. I literally had a conversation with Kevin Feige only 20 minutes ago. Maybe I’ve just done a big, old spoiler, but it’s out there now,” said Holland. “It’s cool. I like the idea that Peter Parker has been in the universe since the beginning.”
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sam777

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More like it was some random kid but to make everyone happy they have just decided to say it was Peter Parker lol
 
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Sephzilla

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At first I was like "but that kid was really little there's no way he could grow up already to Peter's age". Then I remembered Iron Man 2 came out 7 years ago already.

Also honestly this isn't a huge deal or anything like that. It's just a retcon that turns some extra into Parker
 
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ZeoVGM

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That would be a really cute flashback scene in Homecoming if that were actually the case, showing that Peter was directly impacted by the heroes in the MCU at a young age.
 
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Sephzilla

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Veritigo_X said:
Uh oh, Sony's gonna be pissed Marvel violated their movie rights way back in 2010.
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Neoxon

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That's a pretty cool little (retroactive) deep-cut, even though most of us are certain the decision was made after the fact.
 
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