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How Ned Could Become Hobgoblin In Spider-Man 4
In an interview withDark Housepodcast , Batalon spoke about the possibleness of playing a villain in the close time to come , sharing that he has “ gravitated more towards really disconsolate dramatic thing as react to drollery ” , adding that “ those thing are in the work ” for him . While Batalon did n’t mention his office as Ned nor the MCU as one of those potentially villain roles , it seems the most likely one to hang into that family . In the comic , Ned Leeds is n’t Peter Parker ’s best friend , and instead , he ’s his colleague atThe Daily Buglewith whom he competes for the affections of Betty Brandt . When Spider - Man battles the Hobgoblin , Ned follows the latter into a hideout , where he ’s enamor and brainwashed so he can be used as a whipping boy . Ned goes through constant manipulation and brainwashing , making him increasingly mentally unstable , and the New York underworld empire cease up learning that Ned is the Hobgoblin . While on grant in Berlin with Peter , Ned is kill by the Foreigner at Jason Macendale ’s request , and afterwards , Spider - Man and Betty play a trick on the real Hobgoblin , Roderick Kingsley , into confessing to framing Ned .
Ned ’s transformation into the Hobgoblin in the MCU does n’t have to be exactly like in the comics , but it can still be close to it . Peter and Ned could become colleagues atThe Daily Bugle , where Ned could either be manipulated by the tangible Hobgoblin or get along up with this villainous theatrical role by himself , with the aid of his major power and perchance any remains of the Green Goblin engineering . A theory suggests MJ will be key in Ned becoming the Hobgoblinas now that Peter is no longer part of their lives , there could be a blossoming romance between them , but if the spell is broken , and they retrieve their memories , MJ would get back with Peter , leaving Ned heartbroken and amount up with his own superhero part , but this will go wrongly and he will end up becoming a scoundrel .
What Ned Becoming Hobgoblin Would Mean For Spider-Man 4
Although the MCU ’s Spider - Man has already descend across some severe villain , most notably Thanos , if Ned becomes the Hobgoblin inSpider - Man 4 , he would be the toughest scoundrel Spider - Man has encountered due to his link with Ned . Having his secure friend become an enemy would add yet another layer of catastrophe to Peter ’s account , and could give Ned a tragic ending as well if Marvel decides to follow its highly criticize tradition of killing off almost every single scoundrel . Ned ’s transformation would also mirrorthe write up of Peter 1 ( Tobey Maguire ) , who also saw his best friend , Harry Osborn ( James Franco ) become a villain , which could maneuver to this being an inevitable occurrence in the multiverse .
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