What villain does Ned become?

Ned Leeds will become the MCU’s Venom. During the build-up to the third act of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Peter Parker’s best friend, Ned Leeds, learns that both the other Peters (Tobey Maguire’s and Andrew Garfield’s) have had best friends who became villains.

Why does Ned become the Hobgoblin?

One day, Ned sees Spider-Man battling the Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley) and followed the villain to a hideout, where after he was caught by Hobgoblin, he was brainwashed as a scapegoat to keep his own identity a secret.

Will Ned turn evil?

In the Marvel Comics, Ned was essentially brainwashed into becoming a villain, after the real Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley, tricked him through mind control. Ned began to believe that he was Hobgoblin all along, eventually committing crimes while under Kingsley’s influence and using the Hobgoblin alias.

Does Ned in the comics become a villain?

In the comics, the character of Ned Leeds eventually turns into a villain, the menacing Hobgoblin. When Batalon lost weight for his role in No Way Home, speculations of him becoming Hobgoblin in the film surfaced for the first time.