By far the biggest reveal at this year's SDCC was the first ever screened footage of the villain from Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man; The Lizard. Descriptions(we still haven't seen it) flooded the net and amped up anticipation to see the toothy bugger into overdrive.
Now Marc Webb discuses the character of Curt Connors(Rhys Ifans) who will become The Lizard in the movie. He says he is the "literal embodiment of the theme of the movie" among other things..
What's great about Curt Connors is he is both a mentor and an adversary in some way, which I think is so interesting. He believes what he is doing is good and to me there is a thematic quality to the film, this movie is about finding their missing piece. Peter Parker, his parents left him, and he goes out searching for his father at the beginning of the movie and Curt Connors has this missing arm, and he goes out trying to get his arm back in some way. It's this search, this desire to fill the void that defines us in some way and I thought Curt Connors was a literal embodiment of the theme of the movie. The Lizard is just a rad, very cinematic creature.
io9 have more from Webb as well as Emma Stone(Gwen Stacy) but it's nothing we haven't heard before really. Click the link below to have a looksee.
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