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8 Actors Who Could Play Norman Osborn In The Marvel Cinematic Universe

Filming on Sony/Marvel collaboration Spider-Man: Homecoming is now under way, with the movie due to swing into cinemas next July. There are not too many things that have been 100% confirmed about the film as yet, but it is expected to pit Tom Holland’s Spidey against that winged terror The Vulture. This has been met with positivity from fans, as Vulture is a villain we have yet to see on the big screen. Unlike Norman Osborn, for instance, who has featured in four out of five of the previous Spider-films.

Norman Osborn

4) Kevin Spacey

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Kevin Spacey has already played a superhero nemesis already in Superman Returns – he was Lex Luthor opposite Brandon Routh’s Supes – but, hey, there’s no rule that he can’t play another. He’s generally considered to be one of the best things about that film, after all.

Perhaps the direction of Osborn that would most fit Spacey would be the more recent interpretation of the character in the comics. In the likes of the Thunderbolts and Dark Reign storylines, Osborn does not don a green mask to commit crimes but is presented as a corrupt businessman with dreams of political power.

Not to say that Spacey can only riff off his previous roles, but casting him as this version of the character would be too good an opportunity to miss. It would be a perfect mesh of Lex Luthor and Frank Underwood.

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