Photo: Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty, Chuck Zlotnick/Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett CollectionJohn Leguizamosays he narrowly missed out on playing a Marvel villain.While speaking withComicBook.comthis week, Leguizamo, 62, said he was “supposed to play the Vulture” in 2017’sSpider-Man: Homecoming, which was Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures' firstSpider-Manfilm starringTom Hollandas the iconic web-slinger.The villain role in that movie wound up going toMichael Keaton. Leguizamo said he was asked to step aside in order for Keaton, 71, to take the part.“We had negotiated and I was about to play him and then they said that Michael Keaton wanted it back,” theViolent Nightactor said. “They asked me if I would give it up and I said, ‘Well, okay, I guess,’ and they said, ‘No, we’ll work with you again…’ so that’s what happened there.“Asked whether Marvel circled back with another part for him, Leguizamo said he declined a separate role he described as “something tiny.““They offered me something tiny, I’m going ‘nuh uh,’ " he added, noting he had never spoken about the “behind-the-scenes” negotiations publicly before.Chuck Zlotnick/Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett CollectionNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Reps for Marvel, Sony and Keaton did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment Friday.Keaton entered early negotiations to play Adrien Toomes, aka the Vulture, in the movie in April 2016 and closed his deal to costar in the film later that spring after a brief period of uncertainty over whether he would wind up in the movie,Deadlinereported at the time. Keaton went on to reprise the role in apost-credits sequencein the 2022 Sony movieMorbius.Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett CollectionLeguizamo was not the only actor angling to play the Vulture if Keaton had not taken the role. In 2016, Mark Hamill told Rotten Tomatoes that he “had his fingers crossed” Keaton wouldturn the villain part down, saying he “had his eyes” on the role at the time.Though Keaton got the part, theBatmanalum, who also appears in the upcomingThe Flashmovie, toldVarietyin August he hasnever finished watching a single superhero movieto date.“I know people don’t believe this, that I’ve never seen an entire version of any of those movies — any Marvel movie, any other,” he said. “And I don’t say that I don’t watch that because I’m highbrow, trust me! It’s not that.“Keaton added, “It’s just that there’s very little things I watch. I start watching something and think it is great and I watch three episodes, but I have other s— to do!”
Photo: Kevin Winter/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty, Chuck Zlotnick/Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
John Leguizamosays he narrowly missed out on playing a Marvel villain.While speaking withComicBook.comthis week, Leguizamo, 62, said he was “supposed to play the Vulture” in 2017’sSpider-Man: Homecoming, which was Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures' firstSpider-Manfilm starringTom Hollandas the iconic web-slinger.The villain role in that movie wound up going toMichael Keaton. Leguizamo said he was asked to step aside in order for Keaton, 71, to take the part.“We had negotiated and I was about to play him and then they said that Michael Keaton wanted it back,” theViolent Nightactor said. “They asked me if I would give it up and I said, ‘Well, okay, I guess,’ and they said, ‘No, we’ll work with you again…’ so that’s what happened there.“Asked whether Marvel circled back with another part for him, Leguizamo said he declined a separate role he described as “something tiny.““They offered me something tiny, I’m going ‘nuh uh,’ " he added, noting he had never spoken about the “behind-the-scenes” negotiations publicly before.Chuck Zlotnick/Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett CollectionNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Reps for Marvel, Sony and Keaton did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment Friday.Keaton entered early negotiations to play Adrien Toomes, aka the Vulture, in the movie in April 2016 and closed his deal to costar in the film later that spring after a brief period of uncertainty over whether he would wind up in the movie,Deadlinereported at the time. Keaton went on to reprise the role in apost-credits sequencein the 2022 Sony movieMorbius.Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett CollectionLeguizamo was not the only actor angling to play the Vulture if Keaton had not taken the role. In 2016, Mark Hamill told Rotten Tomatoes that he “had his fingers crossed” Keaton wouldturn the villain part down, saying he “had his eyes” on the role at the time.Though Keaton got the part, theBatmanalum, who also appears in the upcomingThe Flashmovie, toldVarietyin August he hasnever finished watching a single superhero movieto date.“I know people don’t believe this, that I’ve never seen an entire version of any of those movies — any Marvel movie, any other,” he said. “And I don’t say that I don’t watch that because I’m highbrow, trust me! It’s not that.“Keaton added, “It’s just that there’s very little things I watch. I start watching something and think it is great and I watch three episodes, but I have other s— to do!”
John Leguizamosays he narrowly missed out on playing a Marvel villain.
While speaking withComicBook.comthis week, Leguizamo, 62, said he was “supposed to play the Vulture” in 2017’sSpider-Man: Homecoming, which was Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures' firstSpider-Manfilm starringTom Hollandas the iconic web-slinger.
The villain role in that movie wound up going toMichael Keaton. Leguizamo said he was asked to step aside in order for Keaton, 71, to take the part.
“We had negotiated and I was about to play him and then they said that Michael Keaton wanted it back,” theViolent Nightactor said. “They asked me if I would give it up and I said, ‘Well, okay, I guess,’ and they said, ‘No, we’ll work with you again…’ so that’s what happened there.”
Asked whether Marvel circled back with another part for him, Leguizamo said he declined a separate role he described as “something tiny.”
“They offered me something tiny, I’m going ‘nuh uh,’ " he added, noting he had never spoken about the “behind-the-scenes” negotiations publicly before.
Chuck Zlotnick/Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
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Reps for Marvel, Sony and Keaton did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment Friday.
Keaton entered early negotiations to play Adrien Toomes, aka the Vulture, in the movie in April 2016 and closed his deal to costar in the film later that spring after a brief period of uncertainty over whether he would wind up in the movie,Deadlinereported at the time. Keaton went on to reprise the role in apost-credits sequencein the 2022 Sony movieMorbius.
Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Leguizamo was not the only actor angling to play the Vulture if Keaton had not taken the role. In 2016, Mark Hamill told Rotten Tomatoes that he “had his fingers crossed” Keaton wouldturn the villain part down, saying he “had his eyes” on the role at the time.
Though Keaton got the part, theBatmanalum, who also appears in the upcomingThe Flashmovie, toldVarietyin August he hasnever finished watching a single superhero movieto date.
“I know people don’t believe this, that I’ve never seen an entire version of any of those movies — any Marvel movie, any other,” he said. “And I don’t say that I don’t watch that because I’m highbrow, trust me! It’s not that.”
Keaton added, “It’s just that there’s very little things I watch. I start watching something and think it is great and I watch three episodes, but I have other s— to do!”
source: people.com
