‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Who Was the Lawyer with Peter Parker and Aunt May?
Most people don’t think of ‘legal drama’ when it comes to Spider-Man, but that’s precisely how director Jon Watts decided to open Spider-Man: No Way Home. Tom Holland’s Peter Parker, AKA Spider-Man, and Marisa Tomei’s Aunt May consulted a lawyer after Mysterio framed the webhead for murder in Spider-Man: Far From Home. Some movie watchers might have heard the theater gasp when the lawyer appeared on screen, but those unfamiliar with comics might ask, ‘Who was the lawyer in Spider-Man: No Way Home?’
The lawyer in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ was Matt Murdock, AKA Daredevil
Peter Parker and Aunt May sit down in their home to consult a lawyer, given the ongoing investigation into Mysterio’s (Jake Gyllenhaal) death. The first glimpse audiences saw of the Spider-Man: No Way Home lawyer was a white cane, often used by blind persons.
A man with red-tinted glasses sits down, introducing the blind lawyer Matt Murdock into the Marvel Cinematic Universe played by Charlie Cox. Or rather, Marvel re-introduced Matt Murdock.
Disney’s first foray into streaming featured several Marvel heroes in Netflix shows. Marvel meant for shows like Luke Cage and Iron Fist to tie into the wider MCU. However, Marvel dubbed them non-canon, disappointing many fans of the Daredevil show.
The Daredevil Netflix series followed Matt Murdock, the blind-lawyer-turned-vigilante as he fought the crimelord Kingpin. Daredevil possesses heightened senses of hearing, touch, smell, and even taste to compensate for his vision loss.
When a rioter throws a brick through Spider-Man’s widow, he snags it in mid-air, shocking everyone at the lawyer’s reflexes. Peter asks how he did that.
“I’m a really good lawyer,” he said.
Charlie Cox played the lawyer in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’
Fans of the Netflix Daredevil series should also recognize who plays the lawyer in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Charlie Cox plays the man without fear in the series and again in the Spider-Man movie.
While the Netflix version of the hero never met Spider-Man, the two have a close relationship in Marvel comics.
Both heroes operate in New York, with Daredevil usually sticking to Hell’s Kitchen. They teamed up several times to fight several Marvel villains.
As Marvel pushes Holland’s Spider-Man down a darker path with fiercer villains like Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin and Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock, Spider-Man might rub elbows with Daredevil sooner than fans think.
Especially because another New York hero, Clint Barton, finds himself dealing with another Daredevil character in Hawkeye.
Another ‘Daredevil’ co-star also returned to New York in ‘Hawkeye’
While Spider-Man: No Way Home brought in the lawyer Matt Murdock, the Disney+ series Hawkeye introduced a more villainous character.
Vincent D’Onofrio played Wilson Fisk, AKA Kingpin, in the Netflix Daredevil series. And in Hawkeye Episode 5, Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) and Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) discovered who has pulled the strings all along: Kingpin.
Did all of these characters cross into the MCU because of Doctor Strange’s spell?
Rumors have suggested multiversal reasons for why Cox and D’Onofrio’s Daredevil and Kingpin have returned. However, Marvel confirmed that they are playing completely different versions of the characters.
