Yahoo News Michael Keaton: 'My Spider-Man villain is a victim'
When it was confirmed that The Vulture would be the villain in Spider-Man: Homecoming, we were a little worried.
Even though Michael Keaton is a total badass, the Marvel movies have had a problem with good villains and we've always seen The Vulture as a bit lame.
However, Keaton has been making a concerted effort to drum up interest in his baddie, for example saying that he isn't just evil for evil's sake, and in an interview with USA Today the actor said that he actually thinks his character is the victim.
"He probably would have a strong argument that he never got a fair shot - a lot of 'Why not me? Where's mine?'"
Co-producer Eric Hauserman Carroll added that The Vulture, real name Adrian Toomes, "has a bone to pick" with a certain billionaire who likes to fly around in armoured suits.
"He thinks once he has this money and power, he'll have more control of his life," says Carroll, adding that The Vulture "sort of becomes the dark Tony Stark".
We've only seen that before in about three different Iron Man movies...
Even if Spider-Man: Homecoming doesn't fix Marvel's bad guy problem, it looks like it's going to be a lot more light and fun than the Andrew Garfield-starring movies.
The film opens in the UK and US on July 7, and you can watch a trailer right here:
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