Spider-Man: No Way Home is about Peter Parker’s wild ride. He makes a big mistake and boom! Multiverse opens up. Old friends from past films show up. Tom Holland plays Peter, with Zendaya and Jacob Batalon by his side. Benedict Cumberbatch joins as Doctor Strange. Get ready for an adventure when it hits theaters. Exciting, right?

Meet the characters from Spider-Man: No Way Home

Peter Parker

Peter is the painfully earnest kid genius who still naps in the lab and somehow also saves a city on a shoestring. He’s earnest, awkward, ridiculously brave and keeps cracking jokes like they’re spells — mostly to hide the panicking face underneath. In No Way Home he becomes desperate and brilliant and very tired, trying to fix everything himself (bad idea, yes, but also very him). Loves science, hates public attention, makes awful coffee and occasionally wears his heart on his mask.

MJ

MJ is dry, observant, quietly fierce, like she sees the whole room and then decides whether to speak — which is terrifyingly effective. She’s the emotional anchor for Peter and also mysteriously distant sometimes (one minute knitting, next minute dropping a line that ruins your day emotionally). She’s low-key hilarious when she wants to be and stubborn as a rock when people underestimate her. Secretly fragile? Maybe. Also secretly terrible at small talk but excellent at jedi-level stare-downs.

Doctor Strange

Strange is the brilliant, arrogant sorcerer who absolutely believes he knows the right move — and then does something catastrophic because of course he does. He’s pompous and stylish and carries a cape with the personality of a grumpy roommate, but also genuinely tries to fix his mistakes (even if the humility arrives late). In No Way Home he’s the catalyst who means well and causes chaos, classic well-intentioned disaster guy. Also, sometimes he’s weirdly fond of classical music and terrible at social hugs.

Ned Leeds

Ned is pure, unfiltered fan energy incarnate — your best friend who thinks Spider-Man is the coolest person ever and will loudly and loyally back him up. He’s the comic relief, the brains-without-the-credit, and the heart who will try to pull tech out of nowhere while eating chips awkwardly. Surprisingly brave in clutch moments, he says dumb things but means everything he says — and keeps weird snacks in his pockets. Contradiction? He’s a terrified dork but also stubbornly heroic when it counts.

Happy Hogan

Happy is the gruff, dad-adjacent guardian who is rough around the edges but has a surprisingly soft center (and a black belt in “sighing dramatically”). He manages chaos like a pro, bolts a broken heart together with coffee and protocol, and makes jokes that land as hugs. In the film he’s the adult who tries to hold the messy world steady, sometimes failing but never not trying. He collects tiny gadgets and baseball caps like trophies and is suspiciously good at giving tough love.

Norman Osborn

Norman is equal parts charisma and menace — charming CEO face on, totally unhinged Goblin on the other, like cordial businessman slash scream-inducing lunatic. He’s brilliant, manipulative, and painfully obsessed with power and legacy; he flips from suave to violent in a blink. In No Way Home he returns as a terrifying force with personal demons that make him more tragic than cartoonish. Also, for reasons no one sane can explain, he sometimes hoards little toy gliders like a stressed hobby.

Dr. Otto Octavius

Doc Ock is the tragic, obsessive genius whose brain is brilliant and also kind of broken, and his mechanical arms are both marvelous and the worst roommate ever. He’s driven by science to an upsetting degree — loves his work, loves his friends (once), and then loses control in the most heartbreaking way. In No Way Home you feel the ache of his choices: part mentor, part monster, very compelling. Weird quirk: hums old showtunes when concentrating, which makes him oddly human right before he does something catastrophic.

Wong

Wong is the stoic, deadpan librarian-of-the-mystic-arts who will absolutely tell you the rules and then enforce them with a look. He’s pragmatic, deeply competent, and quietly hilarious if you pay attention to the tiny sarcasm, and he actually keeps Strange from doing too many terrible things (someone has to). In the film he’s the grounded voice of reason and also a powerhouse who’s not here to be trifled with. Likes scrolls, definitely eats spicy food at odd hours, and will judge your life choices politely.