Alfred Molina has had a long and varied career—currently, he’s on Netflix in The Boroughs (as a retiree battling aliens) and Remarkably Bright Creatures (voicing a giant Pacific octopus). On the big screen, he made his debut with a small but memorable role in 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark. But for many fans, their first association with Molina is his Spider-Man villain, Otto “Doc Ock” Octavius, whom he played in 2004’s Spider-Man 2 and brought back for 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home. And he wouldn’t be opposed to playing the iconic character a third time… y’know, if he’s asked. Speaking to Variety, Molina said he’s looking forward to experiencing the next Spider-Man movie—this summer’s Brand New Day—as an audience member this time, even if he’s “not even sure who the villain is.” To the inevitable question—might Doc Ock return?—he had a diplomatic answer. “Who knows? When I did Spider-Man 2 for Sam Raimi back in 2004, I remember at the time they had me on a three-movie option. The contract said that should they choose to renew that option, they had the right to bring me back. When I shot the scene where Octavius dies and sacrifices himself, I said to the producers, ‘Well, I guess my option is null and void.’ But Avi Arad, who was running Marvel at the time, said, ‘Well, no one really dies in this universe.'”