B.J. Novak As Alistair Smythe
In hopes of laying the foundation for a full Spider-Man-centric universe, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 did a lot of groundwork establishing particular characters, but also didn’t do very much in the way of really developing them. Paul Giamatti’s Rhino was a victim of this, but so was B.J. Novak’s Alistair Smythe, and to a much larger degree. In the comics, Alistair Smythe is a serious threat thanks to his incredible intelligence and propensity for designing Spider-Slayer robots, and that threat could be perfectly applied to the hunt in Spider-Man 3. Novak is a talented actor who could potentially do great work with the proper material, and this could be an opportunity to do way more with what was previously an underutilized antagonist.
