The transdimensional bar isn’t the only curious “Spider-Man: No Way Home” allusion in the “Venom: The Last Dance” trailer. We also get a brief shot of Rhys Ifans’ playing guitar in the back of a van cruising down the highway. Ifans portrayed Dr. Curt Connors, aka Lizard, in the “Amazing Spider-Man” films and reprised the role in “No Way Home.” Now, Ifans is playing someone else entirely in “Venom 3” — or could it be the same character once again?
Unlike Baron Karl Mordo, Sony’s movie rights deal with Marvel allows the studio to use Lizard as they see fit since he’s part of the Spider-Man universe. But while this means that he could appear in “Venom: The Last Dance,” Ifans’ character in the trailer looks nothing like Dr. Connors — he has two arms rather than one, for starters. Secondly, the “Amazing Spider-Man’s” Lizard would have been sent back to his own timeline — the one where Andrew Garfield plays Peter Parker. That said, this wouldn’t be the first time that a Spider-Man villain from another universe appeared in Sony’s standalone films, as Adrian Toomes (Michael Keaton), aka the Vulture, appears at the end of “Morbius.”
This is probably an Easter egg at most and a bit of incidental casting at least, but it is odd to see such a memorable “Spider-Man” actor pop up in what looks to be a pretty small role.
