'Spider-Man: Far From Home': Here's A New Look At The Film Which The Director Describes As Similar To 'The Bourne Identity'

Ask any Spider-Man fan, and they’ll tell you that the key to the character is relatability. Yes, Peter Parker has the proportionate strength of a spider, can stick to walls, and can swing around the streets of New York City with his web-shooters. But what makes him one of the most popular superheroes in the world is that everyone can relate to him. And according to “Spider-Man: Far From Home” director Jon Watts and star Tom Holland, this core attribute of the character will continue in the new film.

“Peter’s ready for a vacation at the beginning of [‘Far From Home’], to say the least,” director Jon Watts said in a new interview with EW. “This film is about the world telling him, ‘It’s time for you to step up and grow up, kid,’ and he’s saying, ‘But I still want to be a kid and go on vacation.’”

While we don’t know the exact set-up of the new “Spider-Man” film (and no, we aren’t going to post spoilers to “Avengers: Endgame”), it’s clear that Peter Parker has gone through some crap since ‘Homecoming’ came out a couple of years ago. You know, with the whole Thanos snapping his fingers thing.

But even though Spider-Man has gone off to space to fight a big purple guy with a gold glove, ‘Far From Home’ is still going to emphasize the everyman quality of the character.

“Everyone really enjoyed the fact that throughout [‘Homecoming’], there’s always something you can relate to with him,” Holland said. “So in this film, especially, we tried to tailor the script in a way so that we could hit so many different relatable scenarios, so that not a single person in the world felt left out watching this movie.”

There will be one major difference in this new outing for Peter Parker — he won’t have Tony Stark guiding him. Instead, the “older guy showing Peter the ropes” role goes to none other than Jake Gyllenhaal and his Mysterio character. Outside of that information, the folks behind the scenes aren’t willing to give much else away.

“If Tony Stark was sort of the mentor in the previous films, we thought it would be interesting to play Mysterio as almost like the cool uncle,” the director said.

A cool uncle that is most likely going to turn out to be the villain and cause all sorts of trouble for Peter, if the comics are any indication. Maybe more like the drunk uncle that’s most likely going to throw out an insult that’s going to ruin your holiday dinner.

As for what fans can expect with the upcoming film that sees Peter going on a class trip to Europe, Watts says the vibe of the film feels almost like those European spy flicks.

“We were doing a bunch of shots that looked like they were out of ‘The Bourne Identity’ or some exciting European action-travel movie,” Watts explained.

“Spider-Man: Far From Home” hits theaters on July 2.