Naomi Watts Voices Spider-Man's AI in Brand New Day — SkimNews
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- Naomi Watts announced on Instagram that she voices E.V., Peter Parker's AI assistant, in "Spider-Man: Brand New Day," sharing a photo of herself recording lines virtually with director Destin Daniel Cretton.
- Watts captioned the post "From playing your mom to playing your AI (100% human made)," referencing her 2012 collaboration with Tom Holland in "The Impossible," where she played his mother.
- Tom Holland credited Watts as the first person who taught him how to conduct himself on a film set, telling Amy Poehler on her "Good Hang" podcast that he watched her "deliver a sort of masterful performance while also taking me under her wing and teaching me everything I know about cinema."
- "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" set a domestic opening weekend record with a $360 million debut and crossed $1 billion globally in just six days, making it the second-fastest film in history to reach that milestone.
- "The Impossible" (2012) earned Watts an Oscar nomination for best actress and marked Holland's debut in a live-action feature film; he was cast as Spider-Man three years later.
- Watts' voice role reunites her with Cretton, Holland, and Sadie Sink — she previously starred in Cretton's 2017 drama "The Glass Castle" alongside Sink and MCU alum Brie Larson.
Why it matters: Watts' secret voice credit makes her the connective tissue between two eras of Tom Holland's career: the tsunami drama that taught him the craft and the $1-billion-in-six-days franchise tentpole where he now headlines. For Sony and Marvel, a record-shattering debut vindicates the post-credit cameo strategy — even a virtual AI voice from a prestige actress counts as a marketing moment when the box office is this historic.
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