Ahh! Old friends for Spider-Man, perhaps?
SuperheroHype got an odd little tip from a reader about “Spider-Man 4.” It involves actor Michael Papajohn, whose name you, ummm…might not know. Think back to the first “Spider-Man”–remember the thief who robs the wrestling promoter and kills Uncle Ben? Yeah, that’s Michael Papajohn. So here is the encounter as described to SuperheroHype:
I was over at the weekly comic book show Frank & Son over in Industry, CA, and while I was walking around with my uncle we suddenly ran into Michael Papajohn. I wouldn’t have noticed him except for the pictures he had all over his signing desk. He’s a real funny guy – trying to sell us autographs and telling us about how the Lakers beat him out of the main table. Anyways, I asked him about Spider Man 4 because of the rumor I read that he was going to be in it. He said “I can’t talk about it, but who says I died in the first one?” My uncle asked him again and he quipped “if I tell you I’ll have to shoot you.” Jokingly, of course. That’s all I got.
I’m hoping if he’s in it that it’s just a flashback. I mean, it’s not like he played a beloved character or memorablel archvillain. Otherwise, you don’t want to keep going back to someone who’s not that big. A cameo for the estimable Mr. Papajohn is fine. Trying to build the character up into a bigger storyline would be a mistake. I’m guessing the former is true…I hope. Of course, that would be kind of funny–after all the debate about who could be pulled from the illustrious Spider-Man catalogue to take on the villain role in the fourth movie, it goes to a day player doing a character without a name.
