Jack Quaid is no stranger to comic book roles, thanks to playing Hughie in The Boys, and the Man of Steel himself in My Adventures with Superman. And while he may be keen to star in many comic booky projects, he’s been smart enough to steer clear of anything to do with Sony’s live-action Spider-Man Universe. Quaid recently threw shade at both those films, and the trend of every celebrity showing off their amazing film taste by visiting the Criterion Closet. You can watch him get trapped in this pseudo-Criterion Closet with nothing but Sony Marvel films in this Instagram sketch from Josh Horowitz of the Happy Sad Confused podcast.
In the bit, Quaid discovers what he thinks is the Criterion Closet is actually just “the Movie Cabinet.” As he goes through their selection, he realizes there are nothing but Sony Spider-Verse flops there. Movies like Morbius, Madame Web, and Kraven the Hunter. Actually, a bootleg DVD of Kraven, which has yet to release on home video. All of this leads to a rather hilarious meltdown over Morbius. Which is a film we’re glad to see is still such a potent punchline nearly two years later. Will the reputation of Marvel Comics’ Living Vampire ever recover from Jared Leto? Poor Michael Morbius. You deserved so much better.
The funniest thing about this whole thing is that Jack Quaid actually is a part of Sony’s Spider-Verse. Only, he’s part of the excellent animated Spider-Verse, not the crappy live-action version. The one that actually has a Spider-Man (or 50) in it. Quaid actually voiced the Peter Parker of Earth-65, the best friend of Spider-Gwen. We see him in an extended flashback where he becomes that Earth’s version of the Lizard in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Far better to have on your IMDB than Morbius or Madame Web, Mr. Quaid. You chose wisely.