11 Behind-the-Scenes Facts About Spider-Man Movie Villains

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11 Behind-the-Scenes Facts About Spider-Man Movie Villains

A hero, super or otherwise, is only as good as their stable of villains, and while Batman and Supes may have classics like The Joker and Lex Luthor, our friendly neighborhood wall crawler's group as a whole goes deeper than anyone else's. Doc Ock, Green Goblin, Venom, Sandman, Kraven The Hunter, The Vulture, and more -- Spider-Man's rogues gallery is second to none. And, lucky for us, most have been able to translate super well to the big screen*. 

(* Uh, not including, you know, The Amazing Spider-Man 2's Paul Giamatti / Rhino, Jamie Foxx / Electro, and Dane DeHann / Green Goblin.)

And while we all probably got a long wait to find out which baddies Tom Holland's Peter Parker will throw hands with next, we can all chill, kick back, and fill all our (web)heads with some knowledge and behind-the-scenes facts about our already released favorite foes. For example, did you know that ...

Doc Ock

Spider-Man Movie Villains Spider-Man 2 Alfred Molina named each of his Doc Ock tentacle puppets. The upper tentacles were named Flo and Мое, and the lower tentacles were Larry and Harry. CRACKED.COM

Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment

Variety 

Venom

Spider-Man Movie Villains Spider-Man 3 Sam Raimi didn't want Venom. Raimi disliked the character, feeling that he had a lack of humanity. The studios felt otherwise, and forced Raimi to include the villain. CRACKED.COM

Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment

/Film

Vulture

Spider-Man Movie Villains The Vulture was supposed to appear in Spider-Man 4. John Malkovich was set to bring the winged villain to life in the sequel to 2007's Spider-Man 3, but the project was scuttled in favor of a full-on franchise reboot with The Amazing Spider-Man. CRACKED.COM

Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios

Den of Geek 

Rhino

Spider-Man Movie Villains The Amazing Spider-Man 2 abank Paul Giamatti was happy to not play Rhino again. Plans for a follow-up film were scuttled due to a poor reception, leaving the future of Giamatti's villain uncertain. This didn't faze the actor, who was happy to focus on other things. CRACKED.COM

Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment

Screen Rant 

Lizard

Spider-Man Movie Villains lez = O ONLY THE Dylan Baker was all set to play the Lizard, but didn't. Despite appearing as the one-armed Dr. Curt Connors in both Spider-Man 2 & 3, with a mountain of hints to his future transformation, Baker never got to play the Lizard. Rhys Ifans played the scaly villain when he finally appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man. CRACKED.COM

Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios

Screen Rant 

Vulture

Spider-Man Movie Villains Michael Keaton isn't sure which Spider-Man universe he's in. Keaton starred in 2017's Spiderman: Homecoming as the Vulture, who also appears in 2022's Morbius... which is in a separate universe? When producers attempted to explain the two timelines, Keaton said he had no idea what you're talking about. CRACKED.COM

Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios

Screen Rant 

Green Goblin

Spider-Man Movie Villains Spider-Man The Green Goblin's original mask was more flesh-like. Test footage and concept art show a much more fleshy mask for Willem Dafoe's Goblin. Thankfully, the production went with the metal version. CRACKED.COM

Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment

Screen Rant 

Mysterio

Spider-Man Movie Villains Sam Raimi's Trilogy Fans thought Bruce Campbell was Mysterio. Some fans believed that Campbell was playing the same person, illusionist villain Quentin Beck, in each of his cameos throughout the trilogy. Campbell debunked the rumors in 2019. NO QUIET PLEASE WHILE CRACKED.COM

Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment

Screen Rant 

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