Aunt May was portrayed by Sally Field in the 2012 reboot The Amazing Spider - Man series, and is shown somewhat younger and more strict than in previous depictions. Throughout the film, she expresses concern for Peter being out late and coming home injured, though he refuses to admit to her where he has been. At the end of the film, despite coming home in serious pain, Peter brings home the eggs she asked him to get in the middle of the film and does not bother to ask what happened. Field reprises her role as Aunt May in The Amazing Spider - Man 2. She has become a nursing student to support herself and Peter financially after Peter graduates from high school. She reveals to Peter that she and Ben were visited by government agents a few days after Richard and Mary disappeared and were told that Richard was planning to sell secret weapons to foreign powers. She later comforts Peter during his depression over Gwen Stacy 's death and contributes to giving him the confidence he needs to become Spider - Man again, heavily hinting that she knows Peter 's secret.
who plays aunt may in the amazing spider man
Sally Field