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Anne Hathaway recalls her time almost being cast in Spider-Man 4

December 15, 2023 by EJ Moreno

If you recall the rocky road of Sony’s Spider-Man 4, the canceled Sam Raimi production, the casting was a bit wild. One of those castings was Anne Hathaway, who has all but confirmed she was tapped to play Felicia Hardy, a.k.a. Black Cat in Raimi’s abandoned fourth film.

During her recent interview with the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Hathaway explains what happened and how far she got in the Spider-Man 4 process.

“I did not get into costume and did not read a script past the audition sides. I got the part, and, yeah, it just… That’s probably more the producers’ story to tell than mine, should they ever decide to tell it. The Spider-Man universe has gone on to be so enormous and so thrilling. It’s just reinventing itself and all of those things, so I wouldn’t want to make more of it than is necessary.”

She adds, “If [Spider-Man 4] had gotten made, I don’t know if I would’ve been considered for [The Dark Knight Rises. Perhaps [Christopher Nolan] would’ve said, ‘No, she’s occupied in another universe.'”

But Hathaway doesn’t look back with regret: “You learn to just go…the right role finds the right person, and sometimes it’s you and sometimes not.”

For more information on what happened to Spider-Man 4, check out our retrospective below…

Would you have liked to see Anne Hathaway taking on the role of Black Cat alongside Tobey Maguire’s Spidey? Let us know on our social channels @FlickeringMyth…

 

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News, Top Stories Tagged With: Anne Hathaway, Batman, DC, Marvel, Sam Raimi, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 4, The Dark Knight Rises

About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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