Alfred Molina Compares Sam Raimi & MCU Spider-Man Movies
Alfred Molina compares Sam Raimi's Spider-Man movies to the Marvel Cinematic Universe's. The English actor has taken on various roles across the stage and screen over his long career, making his film debut as Satipo in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Today, he is best known as the villain, Dr. Otto Octavius (a.k.a Doctor Octopus), starring as the primary antagonist in 2004'sSpider-Man 2, the second installment in Raimi's beloved Spider-Man trilogy.
By way of the multiverse, Molina returned to his career-defining role as Doc Ock in this past year's Spider-Man; No Way Home alongside fellow villains from Raimi's trilgoy – Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin and Thomas Haden Church's Sandman. No Way Home is the third installment in Jon Watts and Tom Holland's MCU trilogy which began back in 2017 with Homecoming. In addition to record-breaking box office returns, the multiverse movie successfully brought all three Spider-Man franchises together with appearances from Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, reigniting fan interest in seeing them return for their cancelled solo projects – Maguire's Spider-Man 4 and Garfield's The Amazing Spider-Man 3.
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During an appearance on the podcast Household Faces with John Ross Bowie, Molina spoke at length about Raimi and Watt'sSpider-Man movies, gushing with praise for the two directors and creative teams behind those films. Though one stark difference between Spider-Man 2 and No Way Home highlighted by Molina, however, pertains to his character's arc. Read what he had to say below:
«What made Jon Watts’ Spider-Man movies and Sam Raimi’s movies so wonderful is that they were both directed by people who, and had creative teams of
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