News on The Amazing Spider-Man 2 went quiet for a while, but things have finally started to pick up. While speaking with
Collider, Paul Giamatti talked about his love of comic books and how it has always been a dream of his to play a villain in a Comic Book Movie. He even wanted to play a villain before he wanted to be an actor. Giamatti says:
"It was totally awesome! That’s so crazy to me! It’s crazy to me that those are the big-budget movies now. There was a time when those would have been the low-budget piece-of-crap movies. But now, it’s amazing! I totally wanted to play a villain in a comic book movie. I’ve been waiting my whole life to be a villain in a comic book movie. When I was a kid, I didn’t even know I wanted to be an actor, but I knew that I wanted to be like The Wolfman, or some bad guy in something. That’s what I wanted to do. I wanted to be those guys. For Halloween, that’s what I would do. I wanted to be The Mummy. So, it’s great. I get to do that. It’s awesome!" The facial expression Giamatti had while filming the movie made a lot of fans laugh out loud. He talks about 'hamming it up' while filming The Amazing Spider-Man 2. He says:
"I went completely over-the-top with it. We’ll see. I seemed to have carte blanche to just go and ham it. He’s an animal. I took it literally. In some ways, he’s literally a rhinoceros inside. He’s just a big, dumb animal. I’m not a big, huge guy, but I thought that I could be a big, stupid animal. That’s what he is, so that’s why I thought it would be fun. He’s just a brute. He’s a beast. I’d rather be the villain. To me, they’re always more colorful and bizarre. I’m wearing a weird thing in it, too. It’s really fun!" "In “The Amazing Spider-Man™ 2,” for Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), life is busy – between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen (Emma Stone), high school graduation can’t come quickly enough. Peter hasn't forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away – but that’s a promise he just can’t keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro (Jamie Foxx), emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past. The film is directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay by Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci & Jeff Pinkner, with a previous draft by James Vanderbilt, and based on the Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach are the producers. The latest chapter in the Spider-Man story is set for release in 3D on May 2, 2014."
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