Alfred Molina has revealed that he got into "hot water" after he accidentally gave away his appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
While speaking to Radio Times, Molina refused to confirm or deny whether his character Doctor Octopus would appear in any future MCU content, adding that his accidental slip-up about his role in No Way Home landed him in trouble.
"I got into a bit of trouble over the last iteration because I happened to let the cat out of the bag quite innocently," he said.
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He continued: "Just accidentally, I was talking to a journalist who said, 'So, you know, how's the Spider-Man movie going?' And I went, 'Oh, great thanks'. Then literally the next day, Variety was like, 'Alfred Molina reveals Doc Ock returns'.
"I got into such trouble. I was getting phone calls from Amy Pascal, Kevin Feige was on the red carpet somewhere and somebody asked him about some Marvel movie and apparently he got a bit snippy and turned around and said, 'Ask Alfred Molina'.
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"So I got into a little bit of hot water. So that's the official line – I can neither confirm nor deny," he added.
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Molina's Doctor Octopus appeared in the hugely successful No Way Home alongside Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire.
While there aren't any reports of more appearances from Doc Ock yet, and with Molina remaining very tight-lipped on the matter, there are plenty of opportunities where he could pop up in the future due to Marvel and Sony's continued expansion of the Spider-Verse.
Spider-Man: No Way Home is available to buy now on Prime Video, iTunes, Microsoft Store and other digital retailers.
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