15 best Stan Lee cameos from the Marvel movies
By Callum Gunn
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12. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
So, I’ve already expressed my dislike for every Spider-Man movie since the 2002 movie that started it all. So, I won’t bore you by going into detail about why the 2004 Spider-Man 2 movie was, to put it politely, not great. However, one of the few good things about this movie was Lee’s cameo in the film.
Around about this point, we were all getting used to seeing Lee showing up at some point in Marvel movies. In the 2004 Spider-Man 2 movie, Lee showed up once again to save an innocent civilian from falling debris. Seriously, he is a natural at this saving people from falling debris thing!
Just like his cameo appearance in the first Spider-Man movie, Lee had two appearances in Spider-Man 2, but only one made it through the final round of editing. The other, as you have probably already guessed by now, ended up on the cutting room floor.
Thankfully it did make the DVD / Blu-Ray extra feature footage, so we can all enjoy the moment if we want to. Provided you actually went out and purchased this terrible, terrible, Spider-Man movie. If you did, and you watched the footage, then you will know that Lee’s extra cameo was when shouts out, nice and loud for all to hear: “Look, Spider-Man stole that kid’s sneakers!”
Not cool Spider-Man, not cool.