Denis Leary spoke at the Television Critics Association yesterday, promoting the last few episodes of the acclaimed FX series Rescue Me. However, Leary's next role - that of George Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man - was a topic of much discussion. Leary dropped a couple of hints suggesting that the movie version of the police captain might in fact survive a bit longer than his ill-fated comics counterpart - in fact, we might see him in the already-announced sequel.

First, he jokingly said that his goal with the franchise was to "ride Spider-Man. I'm doing Spider-Man 4, 5 and 6!"

But perhaps more revealing was his answer when asked whether he would sport a cane, like the much older comic book Stacy:

"No. Not yet anyway!"

So will Captain Stacy live to see a sequel? Let speculation begin!