Simply while you thought Morbin’ Time couldn’t get higher, Michael Keaton has put a cherry on prime. On the finish of Morbius, 2022’s campy Spider-Man adjacent film, the long-lasting actor makes a quick, seemingly non-sensical cameo, reprising his position from 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. The implication was some sort of integration between the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Sony Spider-Verse, or so we believed.
Talking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Keaton had a quite shocking reply when requested how a lot he knew or understood what he was doing in Morbius. “No,” he mentioned. “No concept. None. Zero. And even they couldn’t fairly clarify it.”
Within the movie, Keaton’s character randomly reveals up within the Morbius world and rapidly meets the vampiric title character. He says to him, “I’m unsure how I obtained right here. It has to do with Spider-Man, I feel. I’m nonetheless figuring this place out however I feel a bunch of men like us ought to crew as much as do some good.” To this obscure Sinister Six tease, Dr. Michael Morbius replies, “Intriguing.”
It’s fairly clear simply from that alternate that nobody had any concept what any of this meant. Keaton dove a bit deeper. “[Morbius director Daniel Espinosa] mentioned ‘Let me simply sort of inform you’ and I am going ‘Okay I actually don’t fairly know what you’re speaking about and even who a few of these individuals are’,” Keaton mentioned. “But it surely was sophisticated as a result of they had been clearly wanting down the street and mentioned ‘Right here’s the way it going to work. That is what’s going to occur right here.’ And I am going ‘Okay, I’m in.’”
Keaton might have been “in” however whether or not or not any of what ended up on display finally ends up which means something stays to be seen. Madame Internet, the subsequent Spider-Man live-action film, definitely didn’t clear something up, however there’s all the time Kraven the Hunter which is coming in a couple of quick months. Possibly that movie will reference Jared Leto’s Morbius and Keaton’s Vulture connection. In all probability not although. As an alternative, we’re guessing the scene will simply exist as probably the worst superhero end-credits scene up to now. One which’s definitely not the fault of Keaton, a really recreation actor who put his belief within the Morbius crew.
Watch Keaton’s full alternate about 33 min into the podcast at this link. He additionally briefly mentioned one other doomed cameo of his, within the canceled Batgirl film. Morbius and its wild finish credit scene are currently on Disney+.
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