Almost 20 years after Spider-Man 3, Sam Raimi addressed longstanding rumors about Spider-Man 4, specifically regarding Rachel McAdams potentially playing Black Cat. He confirmed there were never auditions for a female villain and dismissed the rumor, which McAdams had previously refuted. Raimi did express interest in John Malkovich for The Vulture, but the project ultimately fell through. He stated it wouldn’t be right for him to return to his version of Spider-Man, especially with Tom Holland’s iteration continuing.
