It's always fun when an actor or actress is asked about a big superhero movie rumour (remember Paul Rudd denying any sort of involvement with Ant-Man weeks before his casting was made official?), but this is a weird one. During last night's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Bird Box star Sandra Bullock was asked about her possible involvement with Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Wait, what?!
Apparently, there's a rumour doing the rounds that she's set to play Madame Web in the Marvel Studios movie - and presumably Sony Pictures' planned solo movie - but that's news to Bullock. "You know what? If that were a rumor that my son had heard, do you know how much I would get him to do in the house? I would be so successful in my requests," she joked. "Who did they say I was going to be, like his grandmother or something?"
When the host mentioned Madame Web, she responded: "Why was I not hired for this? What happened to the talks? I don’t think I’m Marvel material. I’ve never been approached by Marvel. I understand why people lie to you, but I have never been approached, ever."
This so-called "rumour" appears to have originated from a piece of fan-art that's done the rounds based solely on the fact that Bullock wore a blindfold in Bird Box and that Madame Web also wears one in the comic books! As a result, we're willing to go out on a limb here and assume she really doesn't know anything.
Talking of ridiculous rumours, it's also been reported that Sony Pictures has plans for Sandman and Rhino movies, a possible sign that the studio is committed to these spinoffs which put Spider-Man's foes front and centre. That doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but with Morbius and Kraven the Hunter on the horizon, perhaps it's not that hard to believe after all, eh?
Spider-Man: No Way Home arrives in U.S. on December 17 and in the UK on December 15.