THE SECRETS OF SPIDER-MAN 3
Tue, Dec 26, 2006
In the January/Feburary issue of Premiere magazine, Sam Raimi talks about Venom, Tobey Maguire and the future of the Spider-Man franchise.
“I come from a different generation. I read the comic books in the ’70s, where it was Green Goblin, Sandman, Electro, Mysterio, the Vulture. It was not until the late ’80s that Venom came about,” says director Sam Raimi. It was former Marvel Studios Chairman and CEO Avi Arad that convinced Raimi that Venom was the villain fans have been itching to see come alive on the big screen. Venom is “an evil doppelganger of Peter,” says star Topher Grace who plays Eddie Brock, a.k.a. Venom. “He dresses better, he’s kind of good with the ladies, and we gave him a lot of hair gel.”
According to Raimi, Tobey Maguire’s action scenes increased “by, like, four-fold” in the newest installment. “He’s got to do everything he could possibly do as Spider-Man,” continued Raimi. “Stuntmen can fill in for the wide shots, CG can fill in for the outrageous stuff. But he’s had to do a tremendous amount of physical action, of rolling, tumbling, leaping, landing, punching, fighting, falling.” The increased stunt work brought up questions regarding the actor’s much publicized back problems. “We’re always careful with him,” says producer Laura Ziskin. ”I mean, he has chronic problems and he works on it and he has a chiropractor, and we’re careful in terms of what we ask him to do.”
And what does the future hold for our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man? “I’m sure they’ll keep making Spider-Man pictures,” says Raimi. I love Spider-Man. And I love working with Kirsten, Tobey, James. I don’t know if Thomas and Topher will be around in the next one, but probably Bryce (Dallas Howard) will be. But I have to make sure that when I’m done with this picture I’m really still fascinated with the character. At this moment I’m fascinated with him. Whether or not I will be in six months when the movie’s done I couldn’t say. And I absolutely would not have anything to do with the picture unless I was hungry to tell the story.”
Check out the entire article in the new Premiere magazine on newsstands now.
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