Curtis Connors (Earth-96283)

Curt Connors
Name	Dr. Curtis "Curt" Connors
Affiliation and Relationships
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Blue
Hair	Brown
Skin	Green
Unusual Features	Right arm is absent
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-96283
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Physicist, scientist
Education	College graduate
Base of Operations	Columbia University
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Michael Chabon, Alvin Sargent
First	Spider-Man 2 (June 30, 2004)
First	Spider-Man 2 (June 30, 2004)

History

Doctor Connors works as a physics professor at Columbia University. He lacks a right arm, but unlike the comics, the reason behind his missing limb is never given.

He was Peter's laboratory supervisor and once fired him for being late. He was concerned for Peter's well-being and academic performance in his quantum mechanics course. Curt's friend, Doctor Otto Octavius recalled Peter's name and told Peter that Connors considered him "brilliant, but lazy". Otto chuckled about his friend's assumption about Peter's laziness once he found out Peter was also Spider-Man. When Peter discovered the alien symbiote, he took it to Connors who advised Peter to stay away from it.

Attributes

Abilities

• He is an expert in physics and quantum mechanics.

Notes

• Doctor Connors is portrayed by Dylan Baker in Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3.
• Doctor Connors was mentioned briefly in the Spider-Man film as Peter's laboratory supervisor who fired him for being late.
• The possibility of the Lizard appearing as the villain in Spider-Man 3 was once considered likely, until two different actors, Thomas Haden Church as the Sandman and Topher Grace as Venom, were cast for Spider-Man 3s villains, along with James Franco as the New Goblin.
• At one point, Connors says "I'm a physicist, not a biologist", which contradicts the origins of Connors' lizard-related research from the comic books. However, there is a scene in which it shows that Connors was studying lizards in the background, possibly foreshadowing his transformation in a future installment. He is also Peter's quantum mechanics professor in this film, which suggests it might be the same semester as, or a continuation of the course, shown in Spider-Man 2, though a different classroom full of new students is shown. The Hamiltonian and quantum states are mentioned.

Trivia

• Director Sam Raimi had reportedly considered his friend, B-movie legend Bruce Campbell for the role of Doctor Curt Connors, but decided against it since Campbell had already appeared in the first movie as a wrestling announcer. Campbell did appear in different cameo roles in Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3.
• Doctor Connors, as the Lizard, was set to appear in Spider-Man 4 before the film was cancelled and replaced by The Amazing Spider-Man. The Lizard would have been one of the film's villains alongside "Vulture", and "the Vulturess", interpreted by John Malkovich and Anne Hathaway respectively, the latter being an adaptation of Felicia Hardy. Actor Dylan Baker would have reprised his role.

See Also

• 4 appearance(s) of Curtis Connors (Earth-96283)
• 1 mention(s) of Curtis Connors (Earth-96283)
• 1 image(s) of Curtis Connors (Earth-96283)