1 Raimi Doc Ock Idea Would've Killed Spider-Man 2 & No Way Home
Spider-Man 2 is considered among the best superhero movies ever made, but one of the original plans for the story included a completely different arc for Doctor Octopus, which would have not only killed Spider-Man 2 but also Spider-Man: No Way Home. Spider-Man is one of the most popular and beloved characters from Marvel Comics, which has led him to branch out to other media, most notably film. Spider-Man’s big-screen debut arrived in 2002 in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, introducing Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker, Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson, and James Franco as Harry Osborn.
The critical and commercial success ofSpider-Man led Sony to make two sequels, with Spider-Man 2 standing out as the best of the trilogy and one of the best superhero movies ever. Set two years after the events of the first movie, Spider-Man 2 saw Peter Parker struggling to balance his personal life and his superhero duties, leading him to an existential crisis that strips him of his powers. Meanwhile, his mentor, scientist Dr. Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina), turns into the villain Doctor Octopus after a failed experiment leaves him neurologically fused to mechanical tentacles.
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Spider-Man 2 was praised for its story, visual effects, and complex villain, and it became one of the most influential superhero movies. Molina’s Doc Ock was so well-received that he was brought back in Spider-Man: No Way Home and was received with arms wide open by the audience, and he was not only redeemed but he was also key in curing the rest of the villains, siding with the three Peter Parkers (Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland). However, had Raimi and company gone with one of their original ideas for
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