Doctor Otto Octavius has been positioned as one of the many villains in Spider-Man: No Way Home and the latest trailer for the upcoming blockbuster showed off a little more of the character’s look for his second live-action appearance. As teased in stills earlier this month, his tentacles here have a scarlet tone to them, and the trailer shows us exactly how that happens.
As Octavius (Alfred Molina) and Peter Parker (Tom Holland) fight on the bridge, Iron Man’s nano-tech begins to take over the tentacles. Seemingly coming from the Iron Spider suit, some are now wondering if these nano-particles will eventually turn the iconic Spidey villain good again. After all, there’s another shot in the trailer where it appears Octavius is helping Parker, Ned (Jacob Batalon), and MJ (Zendaya) with their quest. Later on, he appears to be missing from any of the major fight sequences with the other Spidey villains.
After watching Avengers: Infinity War, we do know the nanotech can be used to partially heal people, after Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) used them to help heal or suture his knife wound from Thanos. If Octavius accidentally tries using the nanotech as an upgrade, it’s possible they inadvertently cure the neurolink that corrupted the villain all the way back in Spider-Man 2 in 2002.
