It’s confirmed: Jake Gyllenhaal is playing Mysterio in Spider-Man: Far from Home. This is far from the first we’ve heard of this particular casting and it’s arguably been one of the worst kept “secrets” in the Marvel Cinematic Universe currently, as several reports and even some set photos had previously indicated this is happening. However, Neither Marvel Studios, nor Gyllenhaal, had officially confirmed his involvement in the sequel. Until now, that is.
Jake Gyllenhaal, whose previous credits include Brokeback Mountain, Donnie Darko and Zodiac, officially joined Instagram and, for his very first post, decided to cleverly confirm that he’s indeed going to suit up as the fan-favorite master of illusion and Marvel bad guy in Spider-Man: Far From Home. There has been talk of bringing the character to the big screen, going back to when Sam Raimi was going to make his version of Spider-Man 4, which never actually came to pass. Gyllenhaal posted a brief and rather humorous video of himself reading The Amazing Spider-Man #311, along with a very self-aware caption.
