Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Spider-Man: No Way Home did not feature Emma Stone's Gwen Stacy, and a new touching fan art shows what could have been. Spider-Man: No Way Home's cast featured many returning actors from the past two Spider-Man movie franchises, including Andrew Garfield as his version of Peter Parker.
On Instagram, artist @ultraraw26 depicted a different kind of reunion for Garfield's Peter and Stone's Gwen. In the fan art, Stone appears as Spider-Gwen and not her version of the character from the two The Amazing Spider-Man movies as she kisses Garfield's Spider-Man. Nonetheless, the result is breathtaking. The dynamic between the two actors was the best among live-action Spider-Man movie couples, so a romantic reunion scene in the vein of the fan art would have been great. Sadly, despite being one of the best MCU movies, Spider-Man: No Way Home did not include Stone's return.
Another possible path for Garfield and Stone to reunite onscreen as Peter and Gwen is through the animated Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. The second movie in the franchise introduced live-action elements, with Garfield's Spider-Man having a brief but poignant role through archival footage. Garfield could record new scenes for the trilogy finale and meet a different version of Gwen from the wide Spider-Verse that is also played by Stone.
Lastly, Garfield's excellent performance in Spider-Man: No Way Home has led to Marvel fans asking for the actor to get the chance to conclude his Spider-Man trilogy. The original plans for The Amazing Spider-Man 3 would have seen Stone return despite Gwen's death, though she would have played a Gwen clone that was bonded with Carnage before presumably separating from the murderous alien.