"I guess there's the tradition of the theatre where everybody would do their version of Hamlet and everybody would do their King Lear and that kind of thing," the actor who played Harry Osborn in Sam Raimi's
Spider-Man trilogy said when asked to share his thoughts on the upcoming reboot.
"It's a little different with movies because people like to think that films last forever, but within just 10 years you already have a new Spider-Man franchise. It's weird what that might do to the original Spider-Man films... I had a great time on the Spider-Man films and Tobey, Kirsten [Dunst] and Sam Raimi have all become lifelong friends."
"My role in those films was not my favourite but I'm okay with the new one," he added.
"The thing is, the technology is advancing so fast that often the new renditions sell themselves as having the cutting-edge technology. What early versions couldn't do even five or 10 years ago, these ones can - whether that's exciting new effects or whatever."
While he doesn't seem too worried about their being a whole new franchise, Franco does seem hopeful that people won't forget the original trilogy altogether:
"Sometimes it's about the new actors, but if you think about the first Batman films, those performances are great. You'll always remember Jack Nicholson as The Joker regardless of what new technology comes along."
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STARRING:
Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy
Rhys Ifans as Curt Connors/The Lizard
Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben
Sally Fields as Aunt May
Denis Leary as George Stacy
RELEASE DATE: July 3rd, 2012.
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