Jake Gyllenhaal Talks About Joining MCU In Spider-Man: Far From Home

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal makes his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut with Spider-Man: Far From Home, and now the Oscar nominated actor has spoken more about joining the MCU.

Gyllenhaal plays Quentin Beck/Mysterio in Far From Home. He told GQ that he feels the pressure of joining such a massive connected superhero franchise.

"Walking into the MCU ... it's huge; there's a lot that's expected of you in the process of making the movie but also the character," he said.

Gyllenhaal went on to say that Mytserio in Far From Home will be "so different" from who he is in the comics. "It feels like a pressure when you're making it. People love that character; and it's so different from the character in the comics," he said. "When you're doing something as different from the comics as we did in this; you kind of go like [makes scared/uneasy face]."

Also in the interview, Gyllenhaal said he enjoyed working with Spider-Man actor Tom Holland, who he said is a "genuinely lovely" person.

And finally, Gyllenhaal said it was exciting being involved with the MCU because he got to know about how Endgame wrapped up before everyone else. "It's fun knowing everything that happens; I knew the events of Endgame before Endgame came out. I love the speculation," he said.

The 23rd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and a direct sequel to 2017's Homecoming, Far From Home sees Peter Parker and friends off on a school trip to Europe while baddies from another dimension show up to do some serious harm. With Tony Stark (played by Robert Downey Jr.) gone and Mysterio handling the brunt of the elemental threats, Parker must step up to save Europe.

GameSpot's Far From Home review states, "The parts that work, work very, very well. But the parts that don't tend to feel like stubbed toes or irritating splinters--not life-threatening by any means, but distracting at best and annoying at worst; like someone pulled the curtain back on the MCU's systemic shortcomings a little too far."

For more on Far From Home, check out this roundup of review excerpts. The movie opens on July 2.