![Tobey Maguire, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Miles Morales](https://images.thedirect.com/media/article_full/spider-verse-maguire.jpg)
Sony's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse featured Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man, and now fans finally have a close-up look.
After a record-breaking box office run, Spider-Verse 2 is now available for digital purchase allowing audiences to fully appreciate the sequel's artistry, Easter eggs, and live-action Multiversal cameos, including two from cinema's original web-head.
Close Look at Tobey Maguire's Spider-Verse 2 Cameo
In Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man 2099's Miguel O'Hara explains Canon Events by showing Miles Morales moments that all Spider-People experience.
![Miles Morales learns canon events in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse](https://images.thedirect.com/media/photos/1raimi.png)
Some of these moments include actual footage from live-action Spider-Man films, including two scenes from Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man.
The first is the now-famous upside kiss between Maguire's Spidey and Kirsten Dunst's Mary Jane Watson.
![Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst's upside down kiss from 2002's Spider-Man](https://images.thedirect.com/media/photos/2raimi.png)
Despite being shown next to comic book panels and in a red, animated-style filter, the shot is exactly as it appears in the film.
The following is a comparison of the scene from Spider-Verse 2 and the 2002 movie:
![2002's Spider-Man upside down kiss versus Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse](https://images.thedirect.com/media/photos/3raimi.png)
Across the Spider-Verse's other scene involving Tobey Maguire is the moment when his Peter Parker witnesses the death of Uncle Ben.
![Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse shows Tobey Maguire's Uncle Ben's death](https://images.thedirect.com/media/photos/5raimi_PvYH0cn.png)
With shots of Cliff Robertson's Uncle Ben and Maguire's Peter in the background, Peter B. Parker tries to explain to Miles that the death of Uncle Ben is why Spider-Man exists.
![Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse shows Tobey Maguire's Uncle Ben's death](https://images.thedirect.com/media/photos/5raimi.png)
And again, just like Spider-Man's kiss with Mary Jane, the Spider-Verse 2 footage is directly from the 2002 film.
![Comparision of Uncle Ben's death from 2002 Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse](https://images.thedirect.com/media/photos/6raimi.png)
It's also worth noting that Tobey Maguire's web-slinger wasn't the only live-action Spider-Man whose Canon Events were highlighted in the recent sequel.
In this same Spider-Verse 2 scene, Miles witnesses a digital projection of Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man, grieving the loss of Captain Stacy, from 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man.
Did Spider-Verse 2 Set the Stage for Spider-Man Crossover?
Since both Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and the MCU's Spider-Man: No Way Home featured web-slingers from other universes crossing paths, fans knew it was only a matter of time before a film included both live-action and animated Spideys.
While fans are still waiting for Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland's Spider-Men to finally cross paths with Miles Morales, Spider-Verse 2's live-action cameos were a huge step in making those hopes a reality.
With Spider-Man 4 still in development and Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse now delayed, it's hard to say just when fans could see all of cinema's Spideys.
But in the meantime, the Spider-Verse sequel's digital release is allowing fans to fully enjoy what Sony's accomplished thus far, all while reinforcing the importance of the performances and events from earlier Spider-Man films.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is available now for digital purchase; the film's Blu-ray hits store shelves on Tuesday, September 5.