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Marvel fans may have missed the opportunity to see another MCU cameo in Spider-Man 4. Claire Temple, played by Rosario Dawson, was supposed to be part of the film, but her cameo did not make it to the final cut. During a Daredevil QNA session at GalaxyCon in Raleigh, Dawson revealed, “I even shot a scene in the new Spider-Man movie, but I got cut out.”
Dawson’s return was a point of speculation among the MCU fans because of her role as the Night Nurse, named Rosario Dawson, in The Defenders Saga like Daredevil, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, The Defenders, and Luke Cage. Her role would have connected Spider-Man with street-level superheroes, and Dawson’s appearance would have made sense since she is known for providing medical assistance in The Defenders Saga and in Marvel Comics.
What was Rosario Dawson’s Spider-Man 4 cameo originally rumored to be?
According to a post on X by @JuanEditzs, Rosario Dawson’s Claire Temple was supposed to appear in a hospital sequence. The post claims that Peter was supposed to have a short, cute interaction with Claire Temple when he bumps into her in his hospital gown and mask while she was looking at his X-ray.
il finally talk about it now since its sunday, but the scene that was shot was during the hospital sequence where peter wakes up with his hospital gown and with his mask on and bumps into claire looking at an x-ray, they have a short cute interaction https://t.co/Wa7DNBOHqK— juan (@JuanEditzs) August 2, 2026
In an interview with The Wrap, the writers of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, confirmed that Dawson had a cameo in the film. They revealed that the Night Nurse and Spider-Man were supposed to have an interaction when he goes to the hospital after his fight with The Scorpion.
McKenna said, “Rosario Dawson is great. I wasn’t there for those discussions. But it was great. If anything, you have a movie that is two-and-a-half hours long, and it’s almost an embarrassment of riches with so many great characters and so many great scenes.” Sommers added, “The scene they did was a good scene. I think the only reason it’s not in the final cut was just it was probably cut for time because it was very good.”
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has already made $1.67 billion worldwide in just 12 days of its release. According to Variety, it broke the record of Avengers: Endgame‘s (2019) opening weekend domestic record of $357 million with a record-breaking $360 million. It is emerging as one of the highest-grossing Marvel films.
