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“You know, I’d just like to say, I’m really sorry, everyone,” Batalon said. “I did this really stupid thing back in 2016 and mentioned it in an interview. And then I stupidly just continued with the story as if like I knew what was going to happen. And now everyone is talking about it. And I just—I’m sorry for all the misinformation…”
Earlier this year, Batalon played coy at the possibility of Ned eventually becoming Hobgoblin, indicating that he needed to play mum about the possibility either way.
“From all my years of working for Marvel, I feel like I’ve learned to just not say anything,” Batalon told Variety at the time. “I can’t really speak on things and then say something that might actually be true and then I ruin something, you know what I mean?”
In an interview earlier this month, Batalon addressed the very idea of him returning in a potential Spider-Man 4.
“I feel like actors are the last people to know,” Batalon explained to Collider. “I think that people assume that actors are always hiding secrets. I promise you, we don’t know anything. But again, if it’s the right place, at the right time, with the right group of people that we’ve been with, I would say, why not? But other than that, whatever happens, happens. Really, those decisions are up to the big bosses, the people who sign the checks. We’re open to the idea, but we’re not hoping for it.”
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