SPIDER-MAN 4: Sam Raimi Confirms Bruce Campbell Was Set To Play Mysterio; Shares Kraven The Hunter Regrets

SPIDER-MAN 4: Sam Raimi Confirms Bruce Campbell Was Set To Play Mysterio; Shares Kraven The Hunter Regrets

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness director Sam Raimi has finally confirmed that he intended to have Bruce Campbell play Mysterio in Spider-Man 4, while also sharing his Kraven the Hunter plans.

By JoshWilding - May 01, 2022 07:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Spider-Man
Source: Rolling Stone

For years, concept art from Spider-Man 4 has done the rounds online supposedly revealing plans for Bruce Campbell to make a cameo appearance in the movie as Mysterio. He was going to be marched through a police station by the web-slinger, meaning Quentin Beck would have more than likely been treated as a punchline rather than a serious threat to Spidey. 

Despite the actor recently dismissing those claims, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness director Sam Raimi has now confirmed that this was in the works for his Spider-Man 3 sequel. 

"I miss the really great cameo we had designed for Bruce Campbell," the filmmaker told Rolling Stone of his regrets about not getting to make Spider-Man 4. "That was one of the possibilities. We had other things in mind, too, but that was one of them. And I missed Kraven the Hunter."

"We were going to work that character into the next Spider-Man," Raimi revealed. "I always wanted to see Kraven fight Spider-Man on the big screen. I thought that would be really unique. He’s the ultimate hunter, and Spider-Man is like the most agile trickster of the skies. And I wanted to see Peter continue forward as a human being."

This contradicts what we thought we knew about Spider-Man 4, as it looked like the wall-crawler was set to battle The Vulture and his daughter, The Vulturess (a weird spin on Felicia Hardy). However, it definitely sounds like Raimi once had big plans for Kraven the Hunter in that movie or Spider-Man 5.

Whether the director will ever get the opportunity to make the Spider-Man 4 he wanted is hard to say. After the success of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Morbius' failure, and the excitement fans have to see Michael Keaton back as Batman, the time might be right for Sony to give Tobey Maguire a call...

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness arrives in theaters on May 6.

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TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 5/1/2022, 8:04 AM
At least we are getting Kraven right guys?
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 5/1/2022, 8:25 AM
grif
grif - 5/1/2022, 2:00 PM
@Reeds2Much - fantastic scene
dagenspear
dagenspear - 5/1/2022, 8:27 AM
I think it could've been cool. Maybe it could've been Lizard and Kraven?
HulkisHoly
HulkisHoly - 5/1/2022, 10:14 AM
@dagenspear -

I think concept art showed it was going to be vulture. But since raimi is saying kraven. Maybe it was going to be kraven and vulture.
ewelchd2
ewelchd2 - 5/1/2022, 8:35 AM
This is a far cry for a confirmation that he was playing Mysterio. All he did was confirm that Bruce had yet another cameo.
ReverseFlasher
ReverseFlasher - 5/1/2022, 9:35 AM
@ewelchd2 - agreed… unless he said something in the original comment listed here, a cameo wouldve been a let down and doesnt spund like a major villain… if anything a rhino sized disappointment
ComicBookPsycho
ComicBookPsycho - 5/1/2022, 8:46 AM
HOLY SHITTTTT!! Wanda meeting the illuminati, watch at your own risk. SPOILERS.



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