Columbia Pictures is in negotiations with Denis Leary for the Rescue Me star to portray Gwen Stacy’s father, George, in the upcoming Marc Webb Spider-Man reboot movie. If brought on board, Denis will be working closely with Emma Stone who has already been cast as Gwen.
Should the top secret Spider-Man script follows the comics then there are two possibilities for how George Stacy will be portrayed. In the mainstream Spider-Man run, George was an un-retired police captain with a keen interest in Spider-Man. He would eventually be killed in an act of heroism by Dr. Octopus and his daughter would go on to blame Spider-Man for his death.
In the Ultimate Spider-Man storyline, George was called John and was much younger, still in service and without gray hair. He has less of an interest in Spider-Man and is ultimately killed by Chameleon. Like in the mainstream run, his daughter develops a hatred for the webslinger after her father’s demise.
Denis’ age of 53 years young puts him in a position to pull off either Stacy from the comics. I’m hoping scribes James Vanderbilt and Alvin Sargent came up with a new unexpected twist on the character to keep us on our toes.
Source: THR
