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The new trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home includes a pretty explicit reference to the death of Gwen Stacy – a tragic comic event that also occurs in 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2, starring Andrew Garfield.

There, Emma Stone’s Stacy falls to her death during the sequel’s final act – despite Peter’s attempts to grab her.

In No Way Home, MJ (Zendaya) is seen falling off a structure and Tom Holland’s Spidey struggling to save her. The parallels to the wall-crawler’s darkest hour are clear – but fans think Andrew Garfield will save the day.

"Calling it now: Andrew will save her," Destinyman50 said on Reddit, echoing the thoughts of many who believe that Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man – while conspicuously absent from the second trailer – will undergo a redemption arc and learn from his biggest mistake.

Some fans go one further and believe that Marvel/Sony have edited the trailer just enough to hide the fact that it’s Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man, not Tom Holland’s, that reaches out to grab MJ while she’s falling. Take a look for yourself and decide.

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I think this is Andrew Garfield's hand #SpiderManNoWayHomeThe suit is different than the previous clip where he was wearing the iron suit. pic.twitter.com/kwYbTlh0qZNovember 17, 2021

If you believe Garfield’s own words, he’s adamant he’s not even in the movie.

"I'm not in [Spider-Man: No Way Home]," Garfield said in an interview on The Today Show that aired pre-trailer release. "I love Spider-Man, I always have. I was so happy to have played the part. I'm so excited to see what they do with the third one."

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Not long to go until we find out either way. Spider-Man: No Way Home is swinging into cinemas on December 15 in the UK and December 17 in the US.

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