Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Spider - Man : Into the Spider - Versevillain Dr. Olivia Octavius a.k.a . Doctor Octopus may have been gender - swapped from the funnies , but carbon monoxide - director Rodney Rothman says that the character was originally extend to be male . Voiced by Kathryn Hahn , Doc Ock at first appears to merely be a dedicated scientist working for the Kingpin , but after Miles Morales and Peter Parker pass through the research adeptness where she works , she unveil herself to be a version of the mechanical - limbed mad scientist .
take by Rothman , Bob Persichetti , and Peter Ramsey , Spider - Man : Into the Spider - Verseis currentlycelebrating an Oscar winfor Best Animated Feature Film . Praised by criticsand lover likewise for its unequaled and dynamic living style and heartfelt story , Into the wanderer - Versefollows unseasoned New Yorker Miles Morales as he is bite by a radioactive spider , gains incredible abilities , and fulfil a host of Spider - People from alternate universes .
link : Bob Persichetti , Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman Interview
Spider - Man : Into the Spider - Verseis now uncommitted on Digital HD , with theBlu - beam of light release come in March , and one of the incentive features ( henry / tComicBook ) details the casting process for Doc Ock . In the feature , Rothman explains that " up to a year , a year and a half " before production concluded , they had been planning to boast the male Doc Ock as the villain . " Then we decide to make Doc Ock a char , " Rothman explains . " We were taking elements of the authoritative Spider - Man story and bend them . "
When Peter B. Parker , a visitant to Miles Morales ' universe from another property , sees Doc Ock in her mech courtship , he confirm that his own cosmos has its own interpretation of the scoundrel - presumably the Otto Octavius that sports fan are intimate with . The tantrum occasion as a neat bend , since rooter on the lookout for a manful Doc Ock were n’t expecting Olivia to reveal herself as the villain , and at first she amount across as simply a harmless ( if a minuscule over - enthusiastic ) scientist . Hahn elaborates on this in the bonus feature :
" When you first suffer Doc Ock you think it ’s just this nerdy sort of mild mannered , brilliant but socially awkward scientist . Like all big villains , not everything is n’t always what it seems . There are some nods to the Hellenic fictional character , such as her glasses and trench coat . But this Doc Ock does really kind of expect like me . "
The male rendering of Doctor Octopus was memorably play by Alfred Molina in Sam Raimi’sSpider - Man 2 , so even passing fans were aware of the character get going intoSpider - valet : Into the Spider - Verse- though sure not have a bun in the oven him to show up as a woman . It ’s potential that Hahn will recapitulate her role as Olivia Octavius , sinceSpider - homo : Into the Spider - Verseis getting botha sequel and a spin - off- the former focalise on the relationship between Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy , and the latter an all - female squad - up movie think to be revolve around around Gwen Stacy . The twist - off in particular sure as shooting sound like an opportunity for Doc Ock to come back with a vengeance .
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