Michael Keaton explains the motivation behind his Spider-Man: Homecoming villain, Vulture. The actor, who is not new to working in a superhero genre film having starred in Tim Burton’s Batman almost three decades ago, is jumping across the moral fence and is now playing the primary antagonist to Tom Holland’s Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the upcoming film.
Keaton’s Vulture (also known as Adrian Toomes) is a street-level criminal whose modus operandi is scavenging Avengers battle scenes (particularly the Battle of New York) and making high-powered weapons out of scraps to execute his gang’s illegal operations. While he does not have innate powers, he builds a suit of his own using Chitauri tech which has its own bells and whistles much like Iron Man’s (Robert Downey Jr.) armor and Spidey’s new suit. Unfortunately, as he tries to level up on his operations, the web-slinging superhero discovers him and goes on a personal mission to stop him.