McAdams To Get Lucky As Black Cat?
Posted by sean in Latest News, Movies on November 10th, 2009
Do you like Rachel McAdams? How about skintight leather-and-fur jumpsuits? How about Rachel McAdams in a skintight leather-and-fur jumpsuit? If she gets cast as Black Cat in Spiderman 4, we might get exactly that.
Our Spidey-rumor-sense is tingling after hearing that McAdams met with the producers of the film to discuss “a major role” – that of Felicia Hardy, AKA the burglar-turned-Spidey love interest known as The Black Cat. Not only is this great news for fans of the wardrobe choice mentioned above, it’s a move that makes sense given Sam Raimi’s approach to the franchise so far. In each film, the villains introduced have both battled Peter Parker in costume and made things more complicated in his personal life. The Spider-lovin’ Black Cat is sure to do exactly that.
It’s further rumored that the studio is also casting for a male villain, which means a few things. First, SM4 will follow the two-villain formula of the last movie – it really didn’t work out last time, but maybe the characters will be appropriately fleshed out this time. Second, this effectively snuffs out speculation that The Lizard will be the primary antagonist, since Dr. Curt Connors has been cast since the second movie – and that Bruce Campbell will appear as the dome-headed Mysterio. Campbell has stated that he does have a major role in this flick, so the jury’s still out on what form that will take.
I continue to be unenthusiastic… but maybe Raimi’s learned from Spiderman 3. Maybe it’ll be different this time!
OK, probably not. But, if it’s true, McAdams as Black Cat might drag me into the theater anyway.
