Alfred Molina obtained into hassle with Marvel after Physician Octopus leak

Marvel Studios are notoriously tight-lipped relating to their productions. Every little thing from the script to the craft-services menu is saved underneath wraps, however generally issues slip out. One main leak from Spider-Man: No Approach Dwelling got here courtesy of Alfred Molina, who confirmed rumours that he would return as Physician Octopus eight months earlier than the film was launched. The actor instructed RadioTimes that this obtained him right into a little bit of sizzling water with Marvel and Sony.

“I obtained right into a little bit of hassle during the last iteration as a result of I occurred to let the cat out of the bag fairly innocently,” Alfred Molina stated. “Simply by accident, I used to be speaking to a journalist who stated, ‘So, you already know, how’s the Spider-Man film going?’ And I went, ‘Oh, nice thanks’. Then actually the subsequent day, Selection was like, ‘Alfred Molina reveals Doc Ock returns.’” Molina stated that obtained him into a whole lot of hassle. “I used to be getting cellphone calls from Amy Pascal,” Molina defined. “Kevin Feige was on the pink carpet someplace and any individual requested him about some Marvel film and apparently he obtained a bit snippy and circled and stated, ‘Ask Alfred Molina’.“

Following Alfred Molina’s look in Spider-Man: No Approach Dwelling, there have been renewed rumours that he might return as Physician Octopus within the Marvel Cinematic Universe as soon as once more, however Molina has discovered from the final time round, saying that he “can neither affirm nor deny” the rumours. Good man. The return of Alfred Molina as Physician Octopus was merely one in all many main surprises in Spider-Man: No Approach Dwelling. Regardless of the unplanned leak, the film went on earn rave evaluations and have become the highest-grossing film within the Spider-Man franchise, with $1.9 billion worldwide.