Or maybe that was totally unrelated to why it fell apart."
So was he disappointed when the project fell apart?
“Yes [I was disappointed],” he says.
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I came to like them, so sure why not?
But it didn’t play out."
In case you were unaware, he was offered Green Goblin in the firstSpider-Man.

I don’t know why he didn’t land the part.
While I’m not upsetSpider-Man 4fell apart, I would have loved to have seen Malkovich play the Vulture.
But…perhaps it’s still a possibility in Marc Webb’sSpider-Manuniverse.
After all, Sony is going to keep makingSpider-Manmovies as long as they make money.
Who knows what the future holds.