'Spider-Man: No Way Home' tried to hide its lineup of villains. One leak upended a Marvel-ous strategy
LOS ANGELES — Originally, general audiences weren't supposed to know about Alfred Molina's epic return as Doc Ock until "Spider-Man: No Way Home" hit theaters. Then people spotted the actor at a hotel in Atlanta — where the latest "Spider-Man" installment was filming — and it was game over. "We ended up putting his picture on the poster — that wasn't the plan," said Sony Pictures Chief ...
by Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times
Dec 14, 2021
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES — Originally, general audiences weren't supposed to know about Alfred Molina's epic return as Doc Ock until "Spider-Man: No Way Home" hit theaters.
Then people spotted the actor at a hotel in Atlanta — where the latest "Spider-Man" installment was filming — and it was game over.
"We ended up putting his picture on the poster — that wasn't the plan," said Sony Pictures Chief Executive Tom Rothman, gesturing to a giant character poster of Molina as the tentacled villain at the film's world premiere. (Molina's menacing "Hello, Peter" wasn't supposed
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