The love triangle between Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson, and a younger Physician Octopus wasn’t the one scrapped story ingredient developed earlier than the script for “Spider-Man 2” was finalized. Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, two writers credited on the screenplay for the movie, initially had much more villains set to look, with Black Cat and the Lizard as soon as penciled in to affix the undertaking. When screenwriter Michael Chabon reworked the script, he was the one who made Otto youthful and chargeable for Peter gaining and shedding his powers. Finally, veteran scribe Alvin Sargent got here aboard to jot down the ultimate screenplay alongside Raimi.
Ultimately, there wasn’t a love triangle in “Spider-Man 2”; even with MJ being engaged to astronaut John Jameson (Daniel Gillies) for a lot of the story, it is whereas she’s estranged from Peter. And whereas Harry Osborn (James Franco) and Mary Jane share a kiss in “Spider-Man 3,” it does not go far sufficient to be thought-about a romance, because it’s principally Harry’s one-sided pining for MJ whereas making an attempt to destroy Peter’s life. Within the comics, Spider-Man has loved loads of love triangles, most notably with Mary Jane and Black Cat — however he by no means straight competed with Doc Ock for MJ’s hand.