There are a lot of questions flying around about which character Bruce Campbell will play in "Spider-Man 4," so last week we took 'em all, put 'em together, and had you vote on the casting you'd like to see for the "Evil Dead" actor in the next installment of Sam Raimi's superhero franchise.
In the end, the most buzzed-about rumor was also fans' favorite of the bunch, with nearly half the votes tagging Campbell to play Marvel's bubble-headed Master of Illusion, Mysterio. Some have wondered whether his trio of seemingly unrelated cameos in the previous "Spider-Man" films could play into the role, too—since it wouldn't be too unbelievable for a master of special effects to be found in the background during a few key moments in Peter Parker's recent history.
Interestingly, it wasn't another character that earned the second-place nod in our poll. More than 18 percent of voters simply wanted Campbell in thefilm, and couldn't care less which role he played—as long as it was a big one!
Here's how the final tally looked:
POLL RESULTS
Mysterio: 48%
I don't care, as long as he has a big role! 18%
Chameleon: 11%
Kraven The Hunter: 10%
I don't care, as long as he's in it! 8%
I don't care if he's in it at all! 4%
Here's what some readers had to say about why they voted the way they did:
B: Mysterio, that's a role with some real "meat" to it...I don't think this should have any connection to his other appearances.
john@themovies: Kraven for sure. Kraven's last hunt should do the trick. While Peter try to find a way to ask MJ the big question, Kraven suprises him en buries him alive. The ultimate hunt for Kraven is the hunt for succes, this before he dies. This a darkier Spidey story. Kraven is dying and hunts as Spidey a villian... Hobgoblin or Carnage I don't think they would go for Vermin. It opens a link for Spider-Man 5 when Chameleon comes to New York to avenge his stepbrother Kraven and tries to kill Pete's family and friends. Bruce Campbell has then another cameo in this movie.
adamant877: Mysterio is all about camp... Campbell's character in all of the previous Spidey films have been about camp... Do the math.
brooklynking: he should be carnage. first starting out as a serial killer then becomes the blood thirsty carnage when Dr Connors transforms into the deadly lizard accidentally knocking the jar holding the symbiote from the last film. while carnage is causing rampage in the city, the lizard is making a reptile army in the sewers and subways. save kraven and mysterio for the sinister six in spider man 6. thats my view of the film. please make this movie worth the four years I've been waiting. because raimi hasnt failed with the last 3 spider man films yet.
So, there you have it, folks. Agree? Disagree?
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