>In early drafts, Spider-Man is recruited by Nick Fury to stop Mysterio, who is using the Elementals as a cover to perform a series of robberies across Europe, but it was decided that it was more interesting to have Mysterio manipulate Spider-Man into believing he was a hero.
>Early drafts featured the real Nick Fury and Maria Hill. When the twist was added, they were changed into Talos and Soren masquerading as Fury and Hill to justify how Mysterio was able to deceive them.
>Early drafts reportedly featured two additional characters, a female British spy assigned by Fury to help Peter and a female European student who befriends Peter, making MJ jealous. The characters were rumored to be the MCU versions of Jessica Drew and Gwen Stacy, but that was never confirmed.
>Early drafts featured Peter visiting New Asgard during his trip.
>Early drafts featured the new Captain America helping Spider-Man fight Mysterio in London, but it was decided Peter should defeat Mysterio entirely on his own.
>In early drafts, Peter Parker’s secret identity would be exposed during the final battle against Mysterio, but it was decided it would be better as a cliffhanger.
>Early cuts featured an extended sequence of Peter's travel preparations, including picking up his passport amid post-Blip chaos, buying a dual headphone adaptor from Mr. Delmar, pawning off his old Star Wars toys to raise money to buy a necklace for MJ and dismantling the Manfredi crime family, leading to a restaurant shootout. It will be included in the home release as a short film titled "Peter's To-Do List".
>Early cuts featured more comedic bits about people recovering from the Blip.
>Early cuts explained how Mysterio's team erased all records of his existence.
>Early cuts reportedly ended with Peter's secret identity being exposed and featured a mid-credits scene about the new owner of Stark Tower, but this is not confirmed.
>Matt Damon was approached for Mysterio before Jake Gyllenhaal was cast.