

Thanks to them, the generations of Spider-Man movies in the last two decades will be complete, promising quite the adventure. It looks Alfred Molina had a great time returning to the part along with Jamie Foxx as Electro. I’m just going -” he glared again - “with a kind of mean look on my face. “I just do that a lot, and the arms are doing all the killing and smashing and breaking. “My basic physical move as Doc Ock, as the actor, is just this,” he said as he glared intensely at the Zoom camera and made a menacing noise. Here is what Molina said about the work he would doing as Doc Ock once again. Jackson in Captain Marvel and Robert De Niro in Netflix’s “The Irishman”.
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In the interview, he brings up some of the movie magic of de-aging we have seen in multiple movies such as CGI work on Robert Downey Jr. It looks like Watts is going to have the film pick up right where it left Octavius in the 2004 film and with everything that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has already shown fans, it doesn’t seem to be a major issue.īut one issue that was brought up was the age difference of Alfred Molina and Octavius.

“It was very interesting going back after 17 years to play the same role, given that in the intervening years, I now have two chins, a wattle, crow’s feet and a slightly a slightly dodgy lower back.”Īlfred Molina and Director Jon Watts talked about how Ock would rise from the sea and from death, Watts points out “In this universe, no one really dies.” It looks like Molina knew that people knew he was coming back and was happy that the secret was out and he continued on about working with director Sam Raimi in 2004 and the difference of coming back now in 2021 I actually described myself as the worst kept secret in Hollywood!” But, you know, it’s all over the internet. “When we were shooting it, we were all under orders not to talk about it, because it was supposed to be some great big secret. Marvel still has not commented on Molina's casting, or that of Jamie Foxx's rumored return as Electro from The Amazing Spider-Man 2.During a interview with Variety on his role in the movie Promising Young Women, Alfred Molina talked about returning and what it means for fans. It also probably helps that Sam Raimi is off directing another Marvel film, since the Spider-Man 2 director is infamous for beating the snot out of his actors. "I'm just going (glares again) with a kind of mean look on my face. "I just do that a lot, and the arms are doing all the killing and smashing and breaking," Molina said. Variety described what Molina called his basic physical move as Doc Ock, in which Molina "glared intensely at the Zoom camera and made a menacing noise." "It's the tentacles that do all the work!" he said. Even so, a 67-year-old man moves differently from a 50-year-old one, but then Molina said he had an epiphany. and Sam Jackson?'" Molina explained, referencing the de-aging technology used on the two actors in Captain America: Civil War and Captain Marvel respectively. " just looked at me and said, 'Did you see what we did to Bob Downey Jr.


Molina is currently 67 years old, two years older than Michael Keaton was when he appeared as Adrian Toomes/Vulture in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Molina was rightfully concerned about playing a supervillain at his age. Molina said that his story picks up from "that moment." At the end of the film, Spider-Man talks Octavius into doing the right thing, neutralizing his critical fusion reactor and himself in the process. Molina appeared as Spidey's classic foe in the 2004 film Spider-Man 2. "It was very interesting going back after 17 years to play the same role, given that in the intervening years, I now have two chins, a wattle, crow’s feet and a slightly dodgy lower back," Molina continued. Going back to the role of Otto Octavius, Molina said, "was wonderful." I actually described myself as the worst-kept secret in Hollywood!" "But, you know, it's all over the internet. "When we were shooting, we were all under orders not to talk about it, because it was supposed to be some great big secret," Molina told Variety. Now, though, we have word straight from Doc Ock himself thanks to a new interview with Variety about his role in the recent thriller Promising Young Woman. Rumors have been swirling for months that Alfred Molina would reprise his role as Doctor Octopus for Spider-Man: No Way Home, and treated as all but confirmed.
