Actor John Leguizamo Says He Was “Used As A Pawn” By Sony & Marvel To Entice Michael Keaton Into Playing The Vulture In “Spider-man: Homecoming”

John Leguizamo is best known for his comic book adaptation of Violator’s Clown. Spawn, Based on Todd McFarlane’s comic book series. This film is 25-years old. It had been quite some time since McFarlane played a villain of mainstream importance. However, he almost got another chance to do so in 2016.

The actor said he was interested in playing the role of The Vulture at Marvel Studios. Spider-Man’s Homecoming.

John Leguizamo (the clown) speaks to Al Simmons, Michael Jai White (al Simmons), in an alleyway of Spawn (1997) via New Line Cinema

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“I was supposed to be the Vulture,” Leguizamo stated in ComicBook has an exclusive deal. “We had negotiated and I was about to play him, and they said that Michael Keaton wanted it back and they asked me if I would give it up. I said, ‘Well, okay I guess.’ They said, ‘No, we’ll work with you again, we’re gonna…’ That’s what happened there.”

Although they did eventually get back to him, they only offered him a small part which the comedian turned down. “They offered me something tiny,” He added. “I went, ‘Nuh-uh.'”

He promised to continue the conversation on Instagram. Leguizamo shared a picture of a related article and captioned that he “was used as a pawn” In Marvel’s negotiations to Keaton

John Leguizamo confirms Marvel used his pawn via Instagram

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“It’s true but I was used as a pawn to close Keaton but I should have said ‘no’ because we had agreed to terms! And I had a leg to sue but I ain’t litigious,” He wrote. This makes Leguizamo the third most prominent actor to lose the role.

According to reports, Ben Kingsley was being considered Sam Raimi’s producers Spider-Man 3Before Venom replaced The Vulture, John Malkovich briefly played the role of Toomes in the cancelled Spider-Man 4.

Batman (Michael Keaton) utters his classic ‘I am Batman’ line in The Flash (2023) via Warner Bros. Pictures

Michael Keaton, however, is the star of the movie “The Star” Birdman, He had an ironic chance of success. He not only got the role, but he would also reprise Toomes in Morbius to set up the Sinister Six movie Sony so desperately wants to make a reality.

While we don’t know what the future holds, Keaton is back as Batman in The Flash Leguizamo’s action-comedy Violent Night It is on Peacock.

John Leguizamo as Luigi Mario in Super Mario Bros. (1993) via Hollywood Pictures

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