The Amazing Spider-Man Official Villian Casting & Discussion Thread

[GoldGoblin]

Seems like Toomes will take over Oscorp and get his tech suit from there.But will his daughter be like a minor villain,a female villain.They could make her the Shocker just by tech gauntlets and a costume that protects her from the energy blasts.

Or will Toomes daughter be the bridge that connects Vulture and Connors.She could be a Connors student who Peter is partnered up with and he goes to her house to study and meets her father Toomes.

 

[mre]

She will be dying and the Vulture needs to do bad things to help save her.
Raimi loves sympathetic villains.
Has his daughter actually ever appeared in the comics? Didn't he have a relative in MKSM that he had to steal money for because she was sick?

 

[Carlo Comicus]

Another thing. In the comics, when Toomes re-became young his hair seems half-red. Maybe that toddler boy in Spider-Man 4...Is a young Toomes?

Non credo, quelle storie fanno abbastanza pena e sono state rimosse dalla continuity ufficiale.

 

[Rodrigo90]

NO! NO MORE SYMPATHETIC VILLAINS. Im boycotting it, if so.

Mysterio. Psychopath with a twisted and sadistic imagination.
Tombstone. Evil crime boss.
Kraven. A hunter who doesnt give a damn about anything,but hunting and killing.
Chameleon. Ruthless and efficient assassin,who can assume any identity.

List goes on.

Im sick of the science gone wrong angle. Sandman and Venom were even sympathetic. ENOUGH! We want an evil to the core villain.

 

[Oscorp]

yeah your kind of right but this time around we have someone who's a friend from the jump which is Dr. Connors/Lizard who can also play an ally but I'm not sure how this would all play out. I'd be happy with Vulture and Black Cat. but since everyone including myself who are dying to see Dr. Connors transform into the Lizard and with all the rumors that's why i was going with this possibility. i'm just hoping there is some indication in the movie like a Venom cameo or cliffhanger for the Venom spin-off. How dare they try to kill off Venom he's Spidey's ying to his yang. Batman & Joker Superman & Lex Luthor do i need to go on....

Green Goblin & Spider-Man, my friend...

 

[zeptron]

NO! NO MORE SYMPATHETIC VILLAINS. Im boycotting it, if so.

Mysterio. Psychopath with a twisted and sadistic imagination.
Tombstone. Evil crime boss.
Kraven. A hunter who doesnt give a damn about anything,but hunting and killing.
Chameleon. Ruthless and efficient assassin,who can assume any identity.

List goes on.

Im sick of the science gone wrong angle. Sandman and Venom were even sympathetic. ENOUGH! We want an evil to the core villain.

How was Venom sympathetic?

 

[Sentinel X]

let see a big huge idiot of a villain running thru walls chasing a superhero ....hmmmm....where have i seen that before.....oh yeah X-Men TLS ....Juggernaut maybe....no thanks bring on Electro and Lizard

Its called writing a story....? If the writers are not creative enough to make some differences to his character and just make him a 1-dimmensional brute that runs through walls then of course its going to be stupid.

Lizard is repetitive. Not that he isn't a good villain but these movies have used enough of the "Im really a good guy at heart" villains...its time to take a fresh and new approach or why bother?

How was Venom sympathetic?

He was portrayed as a normal guy in the beginning of the film...then his career spirals down because emo "mean" peter causes him to lose his job. He gets bitter and eventually he gets this evil parasitic alien that bonds to him and now he wants revenge on Peter/Spider-man for ruining his life.

Its not as sympathetic as the previous Spidey villains but I dont know how anyone would say Venom was straight up evil...cause he wasn't

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Yea I'm getting a bit sick of the sympathetic villains.

But going by what Raimi hinted at in the interview a while back, nothing has changed.

 

[crimsonspider89]

Nearly all Marvel villains are sympathetic to some point. Majority of Spidey's are except Mysterio, Kraven, Green Goblin, Carnage, Shocker, Rhino and the Scorpion. Chameleon was neglected as a child, Ock was abused by his old man, Electro was forced to give up his dream by his mom, etc. I personally want the Lizard. He would be the most challenging of all the ones mentioned. Genius intellect, ten foot long tail that can smash you and can be swung at 70 MPH I believe, super strength(70 tons I believe), sharp fangs and claws, can crawl walls, can run up to 45 miles per hour, can jump just as high as Spidey, and has just as good as reaction as Spidey.

 

[DarthDaveBanner]

Well in the original Spidey 3 draft I don't think Toomes was sympathetic, he was completely twisted and hell bent on revenge (yet another reason why he should have been included in the final film!)

Lets hope Raimi sticks with this characterisation if Vulture is indeed in 4.

 

[TheVelvetOnion]

But the funny thing is, i've always felt that Vultures personallity in the spiderman comics has always mirrored that of Larry David from the Curb Your Enthusaim show... Hence why i always said he would be perfect as the vulture...

Picture this...

J.K.Simmons and Larry David, as Jamerson and Toomes at a charity ball... there sat on the same table. The waiter (Played by Bruce Campbell) attends the table for the bill and Toomes talks to Jamerson about how much he is going to tip... They get in an arguement when Jamerson offers a higher tip.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

Lizard and Kraven would be great. 4 could deal with your inner animal. Make the film animalistic. Heck, I would even like Spider-Man's to involve into the Man-Spider. It would give Kraven a reason to hunt Spider-Man because people would fear him. Connors and Parker could work together to stop themselves from mutating, but when they do mutate, they try to rip each other apart.

 

[bullets]

And it'll be another villain who's not really a villain and gets redeemed at the end. Every villain except for Venom showed some goodness in them.

Norman Osbourne was deceitful to the end.

 

[GoldGoblin]

I don't see Mickey Rourke playing the Vulture,so who did they have in mind for him to play when they tried to get him,he is like a brute.Unless Vulture is a mob boss who is the new owner of Oscorp and he creates his own muscle like Rhino who protects him and who he sends to attack his enemies.

 

[bullets]

I would like to see the Rhino, but not as the main villian. Maybe as someone working with the main villian. I could see maybe the Vulture manipulating the Rhino into assisting him, but if they bog down the film with too many villians it'll just be SM3 all over again

I see what your saying but i think alot of the problems with SM3 weren' because there were too many villians. I think if they did sinister six we could get all the villains we would want but they would have to be underdeveloped unless it were to take place over the course of two films.
Also Rhino would have to play second fiddle because there is no way he could carry a film .

 

[Carlo Comicus]

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/11/2...book-casting-rumor-but-not-the-one-you-think/

 

[mre]

But the funny thing is, i've always felt that Vultures personallity in the spiderman comics has always mirrored that of Larry David from the Curb Your Enthusaim show... Hence why i always said he would be perfect as the vulture...

Picture this...

J.K.Simmons and Larry David, as Jamerson and Toomes at a charity ball... there sat on the same table. The waiter (Played by Bruce Campbell) attends the table for the bill and Toomes talks to Jamerson about how much he is going to tip... They get in an arguement when Jamerson offers a higher tip.

WOW... Larry David as Vulture... just wow...
I would still pay to see that though. Love the LD. Would make the movie hilarious.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Ben Kingsley as Vulture.

 

[Dog Brother #1]

Hell yeah, Kingsley. Not since Professor X or Ultimate Nick Fury has a comic character been so easy to cast. If anybody else plays this role, the SM4 = Epic Fail.

 

[Carlo Comicus]

Pete Postlethwaite. Great actor. But maybe it's too old.

 

[DarthDaveBanner]

Kingsley or David Strathairn ftw.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Ben Kingsley as Vulture.

Still my #1 choice.

 

[zeptron]

Hell yeah, Kingsley. Not since Professor X or Ultimate Nick Fury has a comic character been so easy to cast. If anybody else plays this role, the SM4 = Epic Fail.

Agreed. If Vulture is in let's hope scheduling conflicts don't prevent him from doing the role.

 

[Rodrigo90]

Ben was born to play the role of Vulture. He could pull the movie off on his own.

I hope Anne Hathaway doesnt play BC. But I wouldnt mind her a Valeria Toomes...I hope Valeria isnt BC!

 

[Sebastos]

I doubt she would be BC.