Gwyneth Paltrow just found out she was in Spider-Man: Homecoming

Remember when Gwyneth Paltrow made her triumphant return as Pepper Potts in Spider-Man: Homecoming, a movie that hit theaters less than two years ago? Because she certainly doesn't.

Paltrow appeared as Pepper in a memorable scene from the 2017 Spider-Man film, a fact her co-star, Jon Favreau, casually mentioned on an episode of Netflix's The Chef Show. But Paltrow was totally taken aback by the mere suggestion that she has ever been in a Spider-Man movie in her life, as flagged by Decider.

"We were in Spider-Man together," Favreau said. Paltrow immediately insisted, "We weren't in Spider-Man."

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After thinking it over, Paltrow doubled down on her belief that she wasn't in the movie at all. When reminded of the scene, it appears this was literally the first time she realized it was shot for a Spider-Man film and not an Avengers movie, expressing genuine astonishment as she asked, "That was Spider-Man?" Paltrow had, evidently, been for all this time unaware she was in a movie that Decider points out she got fourth billing on.

This wouldn't be the first time Paltrow got tripped up about what Marvel scenes she filmed for what movie. Famously, she accidentally gave away a major Avengers: Endgame spoiler a year in advance, casually referencing the fact that Pepper Potts and Tony Stark have a child together in an interview for Avengers: Infinity War. That wouldn't happen until the next film, but presumably, she mistakenly believed the Morgan Stark scenes were for Infinity War.

Paltrow has suggested she's retiring as Pepper Potts after Avengers: Endgame — although for all we know, she actually does appear in next month's Spider-Man: Far From Home, a fact she'll learn two years after we do. Brendan Morrow