The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a huge place, with tons of content in theaters and streaming with a Disney+ subscription. Folks who spent years watching the Marvel movies in order were recently treated to Destin Daniel Cretton's Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which broke box office records. The movie had a thrilling ensemble of characters, but it turns out Rosario Dawson shot a scrapped scene, reprising her role as Claire Temple on the big screen for the first time. The actress recently broke her silence about being cut from the blockbuster, but she also had a hopeful message.
The trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day featured Jon Bernthal's Punisher, marking the first time he played Frank Castle in a movie. But folks who watched the Netflix Marvel shows would have loved to see Claire Temple appear in her cut scene. While appearing at GalaxyCon (via Twitter), the Ashoka star revealed how she found out her sene was dropped, offering:
When I tell you my post was already ready with my BTS (from the movie), with my grandson wearing all his Spider-Man stuff cuz he loves Spider-Man. Then I got the email.
Talk about a bummer. While Dawson has a wildly successful career in TV and film, she was hyped about sharing her Spider-Man role with her family... especially her grandson. Unfortunately Claire's sequence was cut from Brand New Day's theatrical cut. Fingers crossed that we'll be able to see the deleted scene sometime in the future.
Before Disney+ started releasing live-action Marvel shows, there was a whole universe of titles available for those with a Netflix subscription. Dawson's Claire Temple served as the Nick Fury of those shows, tying the titles together while appearing in Daredevil, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones and The Defenders. It would have been great to see her back in Brand New Day, but that didn't happen. At the same convention appearance she spoke more about this by saying:
So yeah. No. So I'm a reject of Spider-Man and I'm a reject of the devil's rejects. Like I I still love it because everybody's in it. It still means that, you know, my character is somewhere in that same universe. And I and I really love that. So, I hope I get to be Claire again.
While it's a bummer that she was cut rom Brand New Day, it sounds like the Ahsoka actress is still ready to reprise her role as Claire in upcoming Marvel movies or TV shows. She continues to have a good relationship with Disney, so it would make sense for her to appear eventually. Fingers crossed it happens sooner rather than later.
As someone who watched the Netflix Marvel shows religiously, it's been thrilling to see a number of characters return. Charlie Cox cameoed as Daredevil in Spider-Man: No Way Home, She-Hulk and Echo before starring in both seasons of Born Again. Jon Bernthal's Punisher appeared in the latter as well, before reprising his role in One Last Kill and Brand New Day. Hopefully Claire Temple is the next one to get this treatment.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is in theaters now as part of the 2026 movie release list. Folks can re-watch Rosario Dawson's tenure in the MCU over on Disney+ now.
