Raimis SpiderMan 2 Hinted Aunt May Knew Peter Was Spidey

Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 Hinted Aunt May Knew Peter Was Spidey

Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 from 2004 heavily implied that Aunt May knew that her nephew Peter Parker was New York’s beloved web-slinger.

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Raimis SpiderMan 2 Hinted Aunt May Knew Peter Was Spidey

Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2, more or less, implied that Aunt May knew that her nephew Peter Parker was Spider-Man. There is no Spider-Man story without Peter’s beloved aunt who has been with the web-slinger for decades. Aunt May is one of the people in his life that is able to ground the iconic Marvel hero every now and then. Currently, Marisa Tomei plays the latest (and definitely youngest) incarnation of May in the MCU as part of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man franchise. Before her, there was Sally Fields who was the Aunt May to Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man franchise.

However, when both mainstream and comic fans think of Aunt May in live-action, it’s likely Rosemary Harris’ take on the character from Raimi’s trilogy. Out of the three Mays that have been depicted on the big screen thus far, Harris is the one who, in spirit, resembled Peter’s aunt from the comics. While she was a supporting player in Tobey Maguire’s series, her Aunt May had still so many iconic moments from all three films. May always had at least one motivational speech in every Spider-Man film, if not more as she would offer words of wisdom to her nephew.

While Peter never straight up told Aunt May that he was in fact Spider-Man, there is a very strong possibility that she already knows his secret. Even though Harris’ Aunt May didn’t have a big finding-out-scene as Tomai did in Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man 2 strongly hinted that she knew. One of the pivotal scenes in the 2004 installment was after Peter had told Aunt May what happened the night Uncle Ben died and he could have stopped it from happening. When Peter goes to see her, he witnesses Aunt May being in the middle of packing everything up as she had to move out.

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As Aunt May forgives and thanks Peter for telling her the truth, it’s what she says afterward that creates the possibility of her knowing that he’s Spider-Man. A neighborhood kid Henry is helping her with the move and asks Peter where Spider-Man is, since this was not too long after Peter had given up being the web-slinger. As Peter sees Henry’s disappointment, Aunt May also chimes in and wonders what has happened to the friendly neighborhood web-crawler. But it’s how Aunt May describes what Spider-Man means to people where the hints start to come up. There are also specific parts in her speech that feel very directed towards Peter as opposed to Aunt May talking about it universally:

I believe there’s a hero in all of us that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, and finally allows us to die with pride. Even though sometimes we have to be steady and give up the thing we want the most. Even our dreams. Spider-Man did that for Henry and he wonders where he’s gone. He needs him [emphasis added].

From how Harris delivers the speech and how she engages with Maguire, it’s clear as day that she was telling Peter that the world needs him to be Spider-Man. Aunt May’s reference to having to give up the thing they want the most, as well as their dreams, is an obvious nod to how Peter didn’t allow himself to be with Mary Jane. It’s understandable to then ask why Aunt May never said anything in Spider-Man 2 or Spider-Man 3. In a lot of superhero stories, when a loved one or family member finds out the titular character’s big secret, there have been times where they pretend to not know until the hero is ready to tell them their secret. Even if it’s likely that Aunt May had to constantly worry about Peter’s safety, it would be organic to her character to not hold Spider-Man back from the world when she knows the great her nephew can do. So while a straight answer may only be given if Raimi is asked about it, it’s a guarantee that Aunt May knew Peter’s secret in Spider-Man 2.

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