What Alfred Molina Reveals About Doctor Octopus Role In SpiderMan 3
What Alfred Molina Reveals About Doctor Octopus’ Role In Spider-Man 3
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Alfred Molina has dropped some major details about his return as Spider-Man 2’s Otto Octavius a.k.a. Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
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Alfred Molina has unveiled more details about his Doctor Octopus return as he joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Spider-Man: No Way Home. One of Marvel Studios’ biggest forthcoming films in Phase 4 is the third installment in Tom Holland’s Spider-Man franchise. The story will deal with the aftermath of Spider-Man: Far From Home, where Mysterio outed Peter as the web-crawler to the world while framing him for Quentin Beck’s death. But the threequel is going further with its massive plot as it will include the Multiverse to a degree. While Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures have kept details under wrap, several key actors are reprising their roles from past Spider-Man film series.
Jamie Foxx, who played Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, will portray the electrifying villain once more in Spider-Man: No Way Home. It has been unclear if he is playing the MCU version of Electro or if Foxx will reprise the iteration that Andrew Garfield fought in his final Spider-Man movie. In a now-deleted Instagram post, Foxx revealed that he wouldn’t be blue this time, suggesting that this is either the MCU’s Electro or his original incarnation has evolved his looks. But Electro isn’t the only big Spidey villain showing up as Molina will get back in the role of Doctor Octopus from Spider-Man 2. Unlike Foxx, Molina has spilled the beans that Spider-Man: No Way Home will be re-introducing the Doc Ock from the Tobey Maguire universe.
It is unclear at this point how Molina’s Doctor Octopus gets sucked into the MCU. Benedict Cumberbatch appears in the film as Doctor Strange as a crucial component to the Multiverse angle. But there may be other players involved that could be the reason for how Doctor Octopus gets included. In his interview with Variety, Molina disclosed how his character factors into Spider-Man: No Way Home without giving it all away. Even though Molina was probably always going to play some variation of the Doc Ock he played in 2004, it’s exciting to have some clarity in what is coming in Spider-Man: No Way Home. It might also support the rumors even further that Maguire and Garfield’s Spider-Men will be back as well.
Doctor Octopus Will Be De-Aged
It has been 17 years since the release of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 that brought Doctor Octopus to the big screen for the first time. As Peter Parker struggled with his powers, the plot also saw Otto’s transformation into the iconic Marvel villain. When Molina initially portrayed Doctor Octopus, he was in his late 40s during principal photography of Spider-Man 2. When Molina was approached about reprising his character, the actor was concerned that he doesn’t look like he did in Spider-Man 2. But Spider-Man: No Way Home director Jon Watts quickly assuaged Molina’s concerns.
Molina recapped the conversation he had with Watts where he asked about how they would deal with him now being in his late 60s. Watts had brought up the de-aging effects with examples like Captain America: Civil War for Robert Downey Jr. and Captain Marvel, where Samuel L. Jackson played a young Nick Fury in a ’90s setting. It’s becoming a more frequent trait in big-budget films to help actors look several years younger, with another key example being most of the principal cast in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman. With Molina confirming that his Doctor Octopus will look like he did in Spider-Man 2, that in itself confirms an even more significant plot point for his return in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Where Doc Ock’s Story Picks Up In No Way Home
With Doctor Octopus looking like he did in 2004, Molina revealed Spider-Man: No Way Home will pick up in Otto’s final moment in Spider-Man 2. When Molina’s return came out, many wondered how it would be possible since Doc Ock dies in a redeeming sacrifice during Spider-Man 2’s climax. In the final scene between Otto and Peter, the antagonist takes Spider-Man’s words into account about how he can still walk away from the darkness. Instead of destroying New York, Doctor Octopus sacrifices himself to stop the reactor by drowning himself with it. However, with the nature of comic book storytelling, the dead don’t always stay dead.
With the existence of Multiverses and time-travel, deceased characters always have ways of returning to superhero stories. Molina reveals that Watts had pitched him the idea that Spider-Man: No Way Home will pick up right at that crucial moment in Spider-Man 2’s climax. Rather than somehow undoing his death and following Otto over a decade later, the MCU’s third Spider-Man installment will get to revisit that colossal moment. With the combination of being de-aged through CGI and getting to go back to that timeline, Molina was open about it being a fun opportunity to revisit that character.
Doctor Octopus’ Tentacles Are Used A Lot
One of Doctor Octopus’ most prominent aspects is the physicality that comes with Otto having four mechanical tentacle arms. In Spider-Man 2, Doc Ock was a challenging opponent for Peter because the tentacles were almost four separate threats of their own. It is not until Spider-Man 2’s ending where Otto gets a sense of control over them as he demanded they obey him. While Molina was reassured about Spider-Man: No Way Home utilizing de-aging CGI, he still had questions about Doc Ock’s physical activity. Even if he looks younger, Otto is still a very action-driven super-villain which will be the case for the upcoming MCU Phase 4 film.
Molina used The Irishman as an example where Robert De Niro’s character was de-aged. While he looked younger, but during fight scenes, the actor physically moved like he was older. That was important for Molina to see resolved before returning to the role, but luckily Doctor Octopus has not one but four solutions. While Molina doesn’t give away the context of the action scenes, he made it clear that the tentacles do the heavy work. During the interview, Molina had demonstrated during the Zoom chat the facial reactions he was doing as Doctor Octopus in fight scenes. With the combination of CGI de-aging and practical work, the tentacles will heavily factor once again when Otto returns in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
How Doc Ock Can Enter The MCU
The bigger mystery with Molina’s Doctor Octopus return in Spider-Man: No Way Home is how he enters the MCU. Even though Doctor Strange connects to the Multiverse, it is hard to picture the Avenger somehow pulling in a super-villain from another reality. Since there is so much secrecy around the Spider-Man trilogy’s finale, could there be another character in the film that somehow brings Molina’s Doc Ock into the MCU? Since the story will pick up right at the end of Spider-Man 2, it will also include a sense of time travel. He may be specifically pulled out of that moment in time and potentially transported to the Earth of the MCU. Even though it risks ruining the 2004 film’s ending, there are ways where they can still maintain his conclusion he had.
With the concept of time travel, there could be a timeline in Spider-Man 2 where Otto still has his redeemable arc. Simultaneously, another timeline gets created when Doctor Octopus gets included for whatever storyline Spider-Man: No Way Home is doing with him. There is also the potential that Otto’s MCU arc ends with him returning to his Earth and placed back in that Spider-Man 2 moment where he still sacrifices himself to save New York City. By having Molina de-aged through CGI in Spider-Man: No Way Home, there is also the chance that they may include flashbacks as well. It seems fair to determine that Molina will have a significant role in the film rather than being a simple cameo, which is why they could be doing flashbacks for Doc Ock too.
In conclusion, since Molinas’ original Doctor Octopus is the one Spider-Man: No Way Home is using, that surely means Foxx’s Electro will be the same character from The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Even if Max Dillon isn’t blue this time around, it would be easy to explain that Electro evolved his look after the battle against Garfield’s Spider-Man. Even if Marvel and Sony won’t confirm it, at least for now, it is looking more likely that Maguire and Garfield will join Holland in some capacity as their Spider-Men. While it is not shocking that Molina will play his Doctor Octopus, it is still fun to have that confirmed, while it also raises a lot of new mysteries for Spider-Man: No Way Home.
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