Co-director Bob Persichetti proposed the gender-switched role as a subversive twist; when the production cast Kathryn Hahn (“Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation”) as her voice, Sony Animation finally believed that she would make a formidable villain.
Though originally intended to be male, making this version of Doc Ock a woman had been Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse co-director Bob Persichetti's idea. He was friends with Kathryn Hahn, who was eventually cast as Olivia. Olivia's hair resembles the shape of an octopus' body.
Trivia. Similar to the Doc Ock from the 2018 film Into the Spider-Verse, this version of Doc Ock is female instead of male. Doc Ock is one of the villains that debuted in the first season, alongside Green Goblin and Rhino.
This version is a female variation of Otto Octavius named Dr. Olivia "Liv" Octavius. However, this is unassociated with Disney in any way, purely a Sony Pictures Animation project. Lady Octopus was first introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man #406 (October 1995).
Olivia Octavius is genetically intersex, which is why she's female in this film but Doc Ock has been male in every other version we've seen before. She's the only gender-flipped contemporary character in the film for this reason.
Rosalie Octavius was the wife of Otto Octavius, as well as his lab partner. Peter Parker met Rosalie and Otto while they were working on their ill-fated nuclear fusion project, and he had dinner with her and Otto to discuss topics for a paper he had to write.
Lady Octopus (Carolyn Trainer), also known as Doctor Octopus II, is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, primarily as an enemy to the superheroes Spider-Man and Scarlet Spider.
Co-director Bob Persichetti proposed the gender-switched role as a subversive twist; when the production cast Kathryn Hahn (“Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation”) as her voice, Sony Animation finally believed that she would make a formidable villain.
The Jackal brought in Francine Frye whom Electro had previously killed by accident, who convinced him to go through the procedure, but it failed. Francine kissed Electro and absorbed all the energy from his suit, taking the remaining power and his life.
As odd as this pairing may seem, it was genuine. Otto didn't hold back in his care of May. He kept her out of harm's way when trouble found him and almost married her before Spider-Man crashed their wedding.
Following Spider-Verse, a copy of his consciousness became a villain, though a second volume of The Superior Spider-Man launched in 2018 saw the duplicate taking on the mantle before returning to the Doctor Octopus mantle as an antihero, having his soul restored and memories of redemption erased by Mephisto, before ...
When Spider-Man is surprised by the strength of Otto's tentacles, Doc Ock explains, “Your strength is merely that of a spider, but mine is the energy of an atom, born of a nuclear accident!” As Doc Ock described, he is seemingly as strong as an atom bomb is powerful, which drastically elevates his level of strength in ...
In the comics, an alternate version of Mary Jane became Spider-Woman. The love interest of the MCU's Spider-Man is Michelle Jones-Watson, simply known as MJ. Zendaya's MCU character pays homage to Mary Jane Watson but isn't an adaptation of the character.
Most comic books depict the character as a man named Otto Octavious, but the film decided to make the character a female by the name of Olivia Octavious instead. Rothman explained to fans the reason this happened.
"My Own Worst Enemy" After Peter Parker's death at the "Dying Wish" storyline's climax in The Amazing Spider-Man #700, Otto Octavius has implanted his mind into Peter's body, determined to prove himself the "Superior" Spider-Man by being both a better superhero and person than Parker ever could be.
Electro was disaffected and with a man-crush on Spider-Man. When there was the chaotic scene in Times Square, Electro felt that Spider-Man had turned on him and was taking away from the attention that was being showered on him. But really, this was a paper-thin villain and is a total weakness of the film.
Most of the fans believe that she's an adaptation of Francine Frye but she is never referred to as such by any of the characters and the creators never confirmed it. The original male Electro, Max Dillion, is used on the Marvel HQ website because of this Electro being created for Season 2.
MC2. In the MC2 alternate future, Electro has a daughter, Allison Dillon, who is emotionally troubled over never having had a stable father-figure in her life and becomes the supervillain Aftershock.
After ending up in the hospital and massacring the surgeons attempting to save Octavius by sawing them off, the arms' AI begin influencing his mind and convince him to steal funds in order to attempt the experiment again, over the course of which crime spree the Daily Bugle dubs him Doctor Octopus, or "Doc Ock" for ...
Some time later, Otto discovered he was suffering from a "Degenerative Neurological Disorder", probably caused by reckless exposure to chemicals in his youth.
During their meeting, anyway, Doctor Octopus breaks in, since he's searching for Spider-Man and Harry Osborn told him Peter Parker is the key for reaching the hero. In order to convince Parker to send Spider-Man to him, Doc Ock kidnaps Mary Jane.
Personality. Rosie Octavius is a very rare, elegant person. With a passionate but loving streak, her devotion to her husband, Dr. Otto Octavius, and her attachment to poetry.
Her origin story relates that she was a brainwashed spy working for HYDRA. Writer Brian Michael Bendis added Spider-Woman to the roster of The New Avengers, which leads to her involvement in the "Secret Invasion" storyline.
What happened to Doc Ock after Superior Spider-Man?
Creating the identity of "Elliot Tolliver," Otto moved to San Francisco, where he resumed his activities as the Superior Spider-Man. Despite all the good he had done, Otto was forced to make a deal with Mephisto to return to his Doctor Octopus body and mind to defeat another criminal mastermind.
