Naomi Watts reveals hidden MCU debut in Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Fourteen years after playing Tom Holland’s mother, Naomi Watts revealed she secretly joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with an uncredited voice role in *Spider-Man: Brand New Day*. She voiced E.V.I.E., Peter Parker’s artificial intelligence assistant, in a cameo that had remained under wraps despite the film’s record-breaking opening weekend. Watts shared on Instagram that her role was ‘100 percent human-made,’ highlighting a hidden MCU debut. She praised the film’s team, including director Destin Daniel Cretton, who previously directed *Shang-Chi* and *The Glass Castle*, and actor Tom Holland, whose Spider-Man debut marks his 16th film role. Watts’s portrayal of Maria Bennett in *The Impossible* earned her an Academy Award nomination. The film follows Peter Parker, now living anonymously after Doctor Strange’s memory-wiping spell, as he investigates new threats while his powers evolve. Cast includes Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Michael Mando, and Mark Ruffalo. Watts’s MCU debut reunites her with Holland and Cretton, who also directed *The Glass Castle*. Sink’s role remains undisclosed to avoid spoilers. *Spider-Man: Brand New Day* opened to a record-breaking $360 million in North America, surpassing *Avengers: Endgame* to set the biggest domestic opening weekend ever. With $1.05 billion in global ticket sales, it became the second-fastest film to reach that milestone. The Independent’s Clarisse Loughrey praised it as the best MCU Spider-Man film since *Spider-Man 2*, calling it ‘the best Spider-Man film since Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2.’