No stranger to the comic book world with his role as Spidey's nemesis Doctor Octopus in "Spider-Man 2" (and voice roles in both the "Wonder Woman" animated movie and "Justice League" cartoon), actor Alfred Molina said he'd love to reprise his role as the wall-crawler's tentacled enemy in future films -- if he can just get past the whole "dead character" thing.
"No one's mentioned it, and I think it's highly unlikely, seeing as he died," Molina told MTV News during a press event for his upcoming film "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" when asked if there was any talk of him returning to terrorize Peter Parker. "[But] at the 'Spider-Man 2' premiere in London, I turned around to one of the producers and said, 'It's a real shame that I died, because I would've loved to do another one of these.' And he said, 'Oh, characters don't die in this universe, they just disappear.'"
And as any comics fan will tell you, that statement has proven true time and time again in the pages of nearly every long-running series. So, while it's certainly a remote possibility, the fact that "Spider-Man 2" is widely regarded as one of the best films in the franchise could mean a return appearance for Doc Ock isn't entirely out of the question.
So, in the absence of his return to the franchise, however, who else would Molina like to see take on our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man?
"There were so many wonderful villains in Spider-Man stories," said Molina. "Venom was a great character, and I'm not biased, but I thought Doc Ock was a brilliant character in the comics, too."
"The only thing I'd like to see is to concentrate on one villain," he added. "Having two or three of them sort of dilutes the potency of it."
Pondering the possibilities, Molina quickly back-tracked on his original suggestions, saying, "it would be nice to see a female villain."
"Yeah, that might be nice," he said.
Would you like to see Molina return as Doctor Octopus? What about his suggestion about a female villain?
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