


I think I was taking myself too seriously. "What was interesting, when I went into Spider-Man: Far From Home. Far From Home allowed him to be a little less serious with his craft and, in a way, become the performer that he'd imagined being for a long time: Looking back to when he started that film, he felt that he was "taking (himself) too seriously" with his work and that he'd lost a part of who he was at the time. MCU star Jake Gyllenhaal spoke with Vanity Fair in a retrospective on his career, which included his time playing Mysterio for Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: Far From Home. Gyllenhaal's Eyes Opened Working in the MCU Marvel More recently, he gave fans some insight into how the time he spent on the Spidey sequel helped him look at his entire profession as a whole in a new way. In the real world, Gyllenhaal has taken numerous opportunities to speak highly of his time working with Marvel Studios, heaping praise upon Holland for helping him handle the pressure he felt to be great in his role. His influence was felt throughout various scenes in No Way Home as well, and even though the character didn't return for a second outing, there's a very real chance that he's still causing his own mayhem. Gyllenhaal made his impact on the story with his live-action take on Quentin Beck, who became the high-tech supervillain Mysterio after starting off as an ally to Holland's Spider-Man. While it's moved into the background due to the record-breaking success of Spider-Man: No Way Home, this movie became a hit in its own right for the franchise behind Tom Holland, Samuel L. Nearly three years ago, Marvel Studios officially concluded the Infinity Saga with Spider-Man: Far From Home, the second of three web-slinging solo films in the MCU.
