The Spider-Man: Far From Home Trailer Finally Shows Jake Gyllenhaal's Mysterio In Action

It's crazy that we've waited as long as we have to see a version of Mysterio in a live-action film. The character from the comics has an origin story set in the movie industry -- originally introduced as Quentin Beck, special effects extraordinaire -- and yet villains like Green Goblin, Doc Ock, Sandman, Venom, Lizard, Electro, and Vulture all got time on the big screen before he did. Thankfully, that particular period of ignorance is coming to an end with Spider-Man: Far From Home, and today we got our amazing first look at Jake Gyllenhaal in the role courtesy of the blockbuster's debut trailer.

With most of the footage in the preview catching the audience up with Peter Parker (Tom Holland) as he makes his way to Europe for summer vacation, the reveal of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's big new antagonist is saved for basically the very end. An attack on Venice requires a hero, and with Spider-Man out of uniform/incapacitated the job is left to Mysterio -- who makes one hell of a dramatic entrance. Calling out, 'You don't want any part of this,' he quickly jumps into battle against some anthropomorphic water (perhaps Hydro-Man?), and gives audiences the world over an amazing official first look at his perfect, comic book-accurate costume.

Surely part of what has kept Mysterio out of movie theaters in the last 17 years is the fact that the outfit he wears is pretty over-the-top even by comic standards -- but director Jon Watts and the various production heads have done an amazing job overcoming that hurdle for Spider-Man: Far From Home, as seen in the screenshot above. The green and purple coloring isn't as vibrant as it is on the page, but they blend just as well in their muted shades, and it's amazing that he's sporting that huge cape and giant gold gloves. The movie could have taken a shortcut and tried to create a look that would be a bit more grounded for the character, but the fact that they didn't is bold, and the results are amazing.

Of course, as excellent as the costume is, there is no question that the helmet featured later in the footage is what totally completes the look. Like the purple and green garbs, it was unclear exactly how the big glass bubble that Mysterio wears in the comics would translate into live-action for Spider-Man: Far From Home, but it looks genuinely perfect. It is still perhaps a little bit silly (you have to make it so that the wall-crawler can still make jokes about it), but it also looks totally natural and surprisingly practical. It really brings the whole look together.