LAROY, TEXAS Star Dylan Baker Confirms The Lizard Was Meant To Debut In SPIDER-MAN 4 (Exclusive)

LAROY, TEXAS Star Dylan Baker Confirms The Lizard Was Meant To Debut In SPIDER-MAN 4 (Exclusive)

Talking to us about his role in LaRoy, Texas, Dylan Baker confirms Sam Raimi had plans for Dr. Curt Connors to finally transform into The Lizard in 2011's scrapped Spider-Man 4. Read on for details...

By JoshWilding - Apr 02, 2024 11:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Spider-Man

Dylan Baker first played Dr. Curt Connors in 2004's Spider-Man 2. Peter Parker's college professor at Columbia University, Connors was also revealed to be a friend of Dr. Otto Octavius and played a key role in the now-revered sequel. 

In Spider-Man 3, Connors returned and helped Peter study the Venom symbiote, revealing it was alien in nature. Again, it was a key supporting role for the character, but comic book fans remained eager to see the unassuming scientist transform into The Lizard. 

It's no secret that Spider-Man 4 was meant to be released in 2011, with filmmaker Sam Raimi finally deciding to walk away from the movie rather than making another follow-up he wasn't entirely happy with (he famously never wanted to include Venom in the threequel). 

Talking to us about his standout role in LaRoy, Texas, Baker confirmed the plan was indeed for Connors to transform into The Lizard in Spider-Man 4

"I’m afraid that Sam told me, ‘I was writing a script for number four and here came The Lizard. [He was going] all the way,'" the actor confirms in the player above. "They made a change because Sam felt like he would need more time and they said, ‘No, it’s got to open here’ and it wasn’t going to happen for Sam."

"When he left the franchise, I left the franchise! I would have loved to have continued and found what The Lizard was for my Dr. Connors. Luckily, we’ve seen some great Dr. Connors and Lizards since then."

Sony later rebooted the franchise with 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man which saw Rhys Ifans play the iconic baddie. That interpretation of the villain divided opinions, largely because the design was more in line with his earliest comic book appearances. 

With Baker ever get the chance to reprise the role? We saw Ifans show up in Spider-Man: No Way Home a few years back, and with the Multiverse in play, it's fair to say that anything is possible.

We'll have more to share with you on that later (in the meantime, you can watch the full interview above now). 

Broke and depressed, Ray (John Magaro) is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip (Steve Zahn), he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRoy alive.

LaRoy, Texas arrives in theaters and on Demand on April 12.

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WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 4/2/2024, 11:38 AM
Laroy, Texas star...
Matchesz
Matchesz - 4/2/2024, 11:41 AM
What I was waiting for since Spiderman 2, him As Lizard with Gerard Butler as Kraven would have been 🔥
Evansly
Evansly - 4/2/2024, 11:52 AM
@Matchesz - That would have been a blast of a movie!
Evansly
Evansly - 4/2/2024, 11:51 AM
Regarding the last list, I did see someone here mention that Miles Teller should be The Maker at some point and that would be amazing.

Kudos to the individual to mentioned that!
CyberBishop
CyberBishop - 4/2/2024, 11:51 AM
Hey wilding you put that other article up as who "we" need to see and of course disabled comments. Please stop this "we" shit as you do not speak for us, only the "we" are the voices in your pathetic hack head.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 4/2/2024, 11:54 AM
@CyberBishop - oh my lol
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 4/2/2024, 11:57 AM
@CyberBishop - hahaha, you're not alone
Origame
Origame - 4/2/2024, 11:59 AM
@CyberBishop - he disabled the comments so we wouldn't roast him for using that awkward photoshop of Ian McKellen's head on Michael fassbender's body.
Nighthawk01
Nighthawk01 - 4/2/2024, 12:00 PM
@CyberBishop - You realize when he says "we," he's talking on behalf of the website and not some dumbass commenter who adds nothing of value here, right?
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 4/2/2024, 12:24 PM
@CyberBishop - He likely he thinks he is speaking for the site, because he thinks he IS the site. But he isn't. Every other regular writer on this site is a better journalist than he.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 4/2/2024, 12:31 PM
@Origame - What's funnier is the ironic pic of McKellan he chose down in the article, where it looks like he's doing the Nazi salute...LOL
SATW42
SATW42 - 4/2/2024, 12:32 PM
@CyberBishop - waaaah waaaaaah waaaaaah
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 4/2/2024, 4:34 PM
@Nighthawk01 - On the contrary, I find the comment by @cyberbishop of extreme value and entertainment.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 4/2/2024, 7:48 PM
@Nighthawk01 - commenters make up a portion of the site and @CyberBishop still had more to add than you did...
CyberBishop
CyberBishop - 4/3/2024, 7:54 PM
@SATW42 - go fu@k yourself and die asshole.
CyberBishop
CyberBishop - 4/3/2024, 7:56 PM
@Clintthahamster - Ok. regardless my point still stands, that clown still thinks he is our voice which he isn't.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 4/4/2024, 7:19 AM
@CyberBishop - "Even though I'm wrong, I'm right." Good for you, buddy!
SATW42
SATW42 - 4/4/2024, 10:31 AM
@CyberBishop - such edgy, much win
bobevanz
bobevanz - 4/2/2024, 11:53 AM
I was hoping to see Lizard and Vulture in Spider-Man 4. Oh well, at least it wouldn't have had a bunch of meaningless cameos
Matchesz
Matchesz - 4/2/2024, 12:02 PM
@bobevanz - hey, at least we got the scene of Lizard popping up randomly and telling peter “told you so!” Then immediately disappearing
dracula
dracula - 4/2/2024, 12:00 PM
Im sure Raimi planned to use him at some point (before 4 was decided to be his last and he decided on Vulture)

But Raimi only wanted 1 villain

Pretty sure them wanting Lizard in it was one of the reasons he quit
MisterDoctor217
MisterDoctor217 - 4/2/2024, 12:02 PM
I think he would have made a great antagonist and a good Lizard.

He is as already a great Connors even tho he had very few scenes.

It sucks that we can’t trade awful movies Sony makes now for a chance to see what could have been Spidey 4
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 4/2/2024, 12:08 PM
A fun twist on the Lizard would be if in the Spider-Ham Universe, He's a lizard who turns into "The Human".
marvel72
marvel72 - 4/2/2024, 12:09 PM
Raimi's take on The Lizard would've been great to see,could have been dark like Mcfarlane's Spider-Man story Torment.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 4/2/2024, 12:14 PM
Baker is is a good actor so would have been interested to see his take on the Lizard since his Connors seemed friendly & caring so once we got to flesh him out more then could have come to really care for his iteration.

The TASM version was fine imo ,Ifans did well with the material he had and the character was sympathetic to a degree but still needed a bit more to him…

They should have kept the deleted scene of him visiting his son but oh well.

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Anyway hope we get a version of the character down the line in the MCU eventually!!.

Slotherin
Slotherin - 4/2/2024, 7:51 PM
@TheVisionary25 - removing those scenes was such a misstep.
cadunovaes01
cadunovaes01 - 4/2/2024, 12:34 PM
One of my wishes when I think about a Spider-Man movie would be the adaptation of Kravens Last Hunt and Torment… Sam Raimi is a horror director, he would be perfect for this tone
Slotherin
Slotherin - 4/2/2024, 7:47 PM
@cadunovaes01 - you can easily do something like Last Hunt with Lizard in Vermin's place potentially.
cadunovaes01
cadunovaes01 - 4/3/2024, 3:26 AM
@Slotherin - yes, I could see that too. But I really love the horror elements in Torment, with visions of a zombie Kraven. Sam Raimi would nail that
Slotherin
Slotherin - 4/3/2024, 7:19 AM
@cadunovaes01 - he def could nail the horror elements of Torment.
Bring on Calypso.
WhateverItTakes
WhateverItTakes - 4/2/2024, 12:38 PM
Needs to look comic accurate
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 4/2/2024, 1:23 PM
The Vulture and Lizard in one movie? Would have been sick.

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