First Look at Jamie Foxx as Electro in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

People across the nation clamored to social media in excitement, raving about the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer that was released on Tuesday, November 16. 

However, there was an unexpected shock factor in the glimpse into the multiverse narrative. Locked in a one-on-one battle with Spiderman, (Tom Holland) was the striking fast supervillain, Electro played Jamie Foxx. 

According to the film synopsis, this new chapter of Spiderman follows Peter Parker’s (Holland)  life as an unmasked superhero. Feeling the pressure, Parker reaches out to the Dimensional gatekeeper, Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch). In the act of trying to make everything go right, reality takes a hard turn in the opposite direction. 

Maxwell Dillion, also known as Electro, finds his way into the new Spider-verse narrative and has no intention of going back to his origin story. In Marc Webb’s version of the supervillain, Electro lost his melanin, which left a lot of room for scrutiny and a common opinion of lack of representation within the Marvel character depiction.

Within the new “spidey” reality revealed on Tuesday, Marvel fans vibrated a wave of excitement as Electro is suited in a new image, showing a sense of understanding of all fans supporting the Marvel Universe. Spider-Man: No Way Home will be released on December 17, 2021 

Betti Halsell, senior writer at Hollywood Melanin