On Hearing From Tobey Maguire And What He Thought Of Him As Spider-Man:
"I had a message from him and he gave me his blessing in a way. He said he was happy with the choice, that meant a great deal to me. It was very encouraging because I respect him so much as an actor. When I first saw his original Spider-Man my head exploded. I was blown away by his interpretation!"
On Practicing For The Role As A Kid With His Friend:
"Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words, 'With great power comes great responsibility'. This is my gift, my curse. Who am I? I'm Spider-Man. I would be in the mirror practising his final line over and over and over again, and me and Terry would diss each other's interpretations of it."
On What It Was Like To Tell That Same Friend A Few Years Later That He'd Actually Been Cast In The Role:
"He would constantly say, 'No, no', - he's this Liverpudlian guy - he's like, 'No, no, you'll never be Spider-Man. I'll be Spider-Man'. So as soon as I got the news I emailed him and was like, 'Hey dude, remember six years ago when we were talking about who would be Spider-Man? You didn't get it!' We laughed and laughed about it. But we really were obsessed with that film."
On Using His Own Life Experiences To Do Peter Parker Justice:
"I was thinking of my history and thinking of the kid at school who I wasn't as strong as, who behaved badly to a lot of people - including myself - and who I constantly tried to stand up to but never had the physical prowess to. I can be shy. But it depends on the situation and who I'm with."
On How He's Doing Research For The Role, And How It Felt To Get It:
"I'm really getting back into the older Spider-Mans now. I used to collect comics and I have a lot of them. I was a child so I couldn't afford all of them. I freaked out. I was kind of like, 'I'd better get to work right now, because I want to do this justice'."
The currently untitled
Spider-Man reboot is set to be released on July 3, 2012!
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