Dylan Baker returning for Spider-Man 4

by Liam on October 23, 2009 · 3 comments

spider man vs lizard Some Spider-Man fans have been hoping/speculating that the Lizard will be the villain in Spider-Man 4, and in order for that to happen Dylan Baker who plays Dr. Curt Connors would need to return. Well today he confirmed that he will be.

From UGO:

During a post-screening Q & A, Baker confirmed that he is on board for Sam Raimi’s forthcoming Spider-Man 4. According to reports, Baker said that he had just gotten his first call concerning Spider-Man 4 that very day. Baker appeared in Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3 as Dr. Curt Connors, a professor at Empire State University.

When Dougherty ribbed him about “just appearing in the background” Baker said that, basically, that’s what he’d be doing. It was unclear if they were being truthful or if, in fact, Dr. Connors would become supervillain The Lizard in this fourth entry in the film series. During their riffing, Dougherty used the phrase “co*ktease for another year” as to whether or not we’d see The Lizard.

It could be the case that Dr. Curt Connors will just be helping Peter Parker out now and again like he’s done in the previous films, however we probably won’t know until the casting and (eventually) villains are revealed. There is the possibility that they will use a different villain in the film and set the Lizard up for Spider-Man 5 which is currently being written. Let the speculation begin!

  • Lockdown

    Here´s my speculation and I think it will be like this, we all know of the bad response Spider-Man 3 got, and now there´s been talk of a reboot for the Spider-Man franchise after Spider-Man 4. That means that you actually have to most likely go all in for Spider-Man 4. One of the main subjects in the Spider-Man movies have been the villains. And what better way to do that than having Lizard as a villain who practically has been prepared the latest Spider-Man movies. Bruce Campbell will also probably play the role as a villain, for starters he has been in some of the Spider-Man movies. Yeah he will probably be in Spider-Man 4 as a villain. Go all in!

  • Lockdown

    Here´s my speculation and I think it will be like this, we all know of the bad response Spider-Man 3 got, and now there´s been talk of a reboot for the Spider-Man franchise after Spider-Man 4. That means that you actually have to most likely go all in for Spider-Man 4. One of the main subjects in the Spider-Man movies have been the villains. And what better way to do that than having Lizard as a villain who practically has been prepared the latest Spider-Man movies. Bruce Campbell will also probably play the role as a villain, for starters he has been in some of the Spider-Man movies. Yeah he will probably be in Spider-Man 4 as a villain. Go all in!

  • elizadavid

    “The Lizard” is not a villain. He isn't even the product of callous hubris. He's a mishap. If he is the “villain” of the next Spider-Man movie, he will mar the movie in the same way that Mr. Freeze ruined “Batman and Robin”. I am similarly unenthusiastic about the presence of Carnage. Electro would be better suited to be the primary adversary.
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