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Spider-Man: Far From Home Writers Discuss Nick Fury’s Big Moment From Trailer, Mandates For Film

July 2, 2019 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
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Spider-Man: Far From Home writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers discussed the challenges of writing for Nick Fury and the “Bitch please, you’ve been to space” line from the trailer in a new interview with THR. Highlights are below:

McKenna on the ‘bitch, please’ line: “It got a big laugh in the room. Everyone knew that’s going to be in the trailer … That was one of our first jokes. I think it was Erik who pitched that one early on when we were first coming up with the storyline.”

McKenna on their mandates for the film: “One: coming off of Endgame, make sure we come up with a really fun Spider-Man movie. The second mandate was, yes, there are some things we have to be reacting to. Peter is coming off the events of Endgame, and that is going to inform the story. Back to mandate number one: have fun with it. We came to it with tons of ideas.”

Sommers on writing for Fury: “We were excited. Sure, a little nervous, but way more excited. I get to write Nick Fury lines. This character who I love and have enjoyed in so many movies, and now I get to write those lines and I can’t wait to hear him say this and I can’t wait to hear him say that.’”