Here is an excerpt from the interview over at The Los Angeles Times. For more from the actor, be sure to follow the link at the bottom of this article. A few more similar set pictures to the ones that were revealed yesterday of Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy are also below.
I imagine it won't be hard to find an audience for your next movie...the Spider-Man reboot.
(Laughs) What if no one sees it? It'd be hilarious. Maybe there'll be boycotters. My self-sabotaging makes me want to head the boycott.
But this is the role you've played since you were a child.
Yes. On Halloween. Bedtimes. Tuesdays. When I was auditioning, my parents sent me a photo of me as a kid in the Spider-Man costume. I gave it to my agent, and my agent slipped it to the studio as they were making their decision.
What skinny kid wouldn't love that character? I can't overstate enough when you start to actually identify what's happened and you go, "Yeah, I did dream of being Spider-Man when I was a kid." I'm trying not to lose my mind about it. But it's not superficial to me. It's not frothy or frivolous.
That sense of responsibility nicely dovetails into the character, doesn't it?
Yes, the overriding theme of the comic is: With great power comes great responsibility. And, yes, I feel a huge sense of pressure and responsibility.
But...um...hopefully fun too, right?
(Laughs) We're two weeks in. The first week was full of stunts, and I've never felt happier in my whole life. I'm all bruised and scratched up, and it feels really good. It's just me throwing myself up against walls, which is incredibly fun and painful and testing my manhood. It's a childhood fantasy I'm living out.
The currently untitled
Spider-Man reboot is set to be released in 3D on July 3, 2012! Be sure to stay tuned to CBM for more on the movie as soon as we hear it!