Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man Meets Spider-Gwen in a Deepfake Fan Video, and I Think Sony Is Missing a Trick

I sat down with my co-host to react to a fan-made deepfake video from the YouTube channel MOA that imagines an alternate post credit scene for Spider-Man: No Way Home, one where Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man crosses paths with Spider-Gwen instead of just fixing his mask and swinging off. This matters to fans because it teases a crossover Sony has never actually delivered on screen, and it gave us a lot to react to.

Before the scene plays, the video carries a disclaimer explaining it was made as a thesis project at the Academy of Fine Arts of Katania, exploring deepfake applications in film, with digitally synthesized faces and a note that it was not intended to disrespect the people portrayed.

The Fan-Made Scene Shows Garfield's Peter Landing in Gwen's World After Saving Her

In the clip, Garfield's Peter fixes his mask, then finds himself somewhere unexpected after apparently swapping places with Gwen's friend on his way back to his own Earth. Gwen wakes up confused, having just watched a version of Peter die, and does not recognize this new Peter at first. The two eventually share an emotional exchange, with Peter telling her, "I've missed you so much Gwen, I'm sorry I couldn't save you," and Gwen replying, "forgive me too, I couldn't save you" in return.

My Verdict: Conceptually Cool, With Some Uncanny Valley Moments

My first reaction was straightforward: "conceptually I think this is pretty cool." I pointed out that if Sony had actually put this at the end of No Way Home, people would have lost their minds, because it would have tied in well to the wider multiverse and to Into the Spider-Verse. The costumes looked good to both of us, and I thought Garfield in particular looked very convincing in a lot of the scenes. My co-host agreed the look mostly held up if you hit pause, though there were moments of strong uncanny valley, and the voices were what pulled us out of the illusion the most since matching someone's exact voice is so difficult.

Why I Wish Sony Would Actually Cast Spider-Gwen Instead of Making Morbius

The bigger point I wanted to make is about Sony's choices. I said it plainly: "it's like one of the saddest things that's happened with the spider verse is Gwen Stacy dying, so I wish that they would do that, but they never would." I also brought up a separate fan-edited No Way Home trailer that inserted a flashback to Gwen's death from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 during Garfield's rooftop rescue of MJ, which I thought was a better emotional beat than what actually made the final cut. That led me to my real frustration with Sony: "why why you doing Morbius, you've got Gwen right there, you know Emma's right there." I argued more people would turn out for a real Spider-Gwen project than for Morbius, purely because it taps into characters audiences already love, closing with, "Sony, we need Spider-Gwen."

Do you think Sony should have actually put a Gwen crossover in No Way Home instead of what we got?