Fasten your seat belts.
"Ha! '[Growls]"
[grunts]
[growling]
Spider-Man.
[grows]
I remember when I told friends I was going to make the original Spider-Man,
a movie that I really wanted to make.
And I actually competed to get the role.
They were like, "Really? Really? You wanna do that kind of movie?"
Because there wasn't a standard then.
It was still quite early when they were adapting comic book movies.
Now it's a whole different world.
You know, when I heard it, I thought, "Wow, that's pretty nutty."
But I thought, "Okay, they can figure out a way to bring me back."
But it was really the pitch.
And it sounded like a lot of fun and a good solution.
I liked the idea that I was returning to something, but the spin...
There's a spin on it and that appealed to me.
For me, it's just about the money.
[laughter]
That's all. No.
Oddly enough, Willem and I were joshing the other day
about how 20 years since his first Green Goblin,
17 years since my first time as Doc Ock,
and these are the longest options
that a studio have ever exercised on actors.
You know, it's like we've been waiting.
When the idea was first suggested, my first thought was,
"Hang on. I'm 17 years older, I've got chins, I've got wrinkles.
What are they gonna do?"
And then, of course, I suddenly realized,
"Wait a minute. They've got the technology.
This isn't gonna be a problem."
[grunting]
[Foxx] And the Tom Holland of it all.
- Tom Holland, man. Crazy good. - Here's the thing, here's the thing.
The young kid of him in his eyes...
When we first got on the set, I said, "Look at this dude's eyes."
And when he's... At one point... You'll see it.
But he's trying to figure things out.
That's what makes it amazing because it's like he's basically torn.
He wants to be cool with these... With these guys,
but at the same time, they really wanna eliminate him.
And here's the thing, it's like... Because you're filling big shoes.
'Cause we'd grown up with Tobey, you know...
Man, I was like... When Tobey hit that wall the first time...
- [humming music] - Yeah.
I said, "Oh, shit!" I was like...
So, you think to yourself like, "Will there be..."
You know, and here comes this young guy with this fresh face
and is really, like, in tune in every aspect,
even when he's doing anything.
And that freaking hair.
Even the hair, the Spider-Man hair.
- I was like, "His fucking hair is great." - He's really impressive.
Also, physically, he's just very agile and just is really skilled.
So in doing the stunts stuff and the fighting stuff,
he's a freak, man.
He's really clean, he's really good. Really beautiful.
- And he's got a real film intelligence. - [Foxx] Mm-hmm.
He understands the angles, he understands the lenses,
he understands how you work with a camera to tell the story,
and, you know, "What's the best? This or that?"
And it's so, kind of... It's, uh...
I'm talking, Willem. Do you mind?
And... It's so... [laughs]
It shows a real sense of-of...
He just understands it.
I mean, I predict, within the next five, six years, he's gonna be directing.
- [crowd screaming] - [growls]
- [officer] Let me see your hands, please! - [growls]
[groans]
Ha!
The main difference between that film and this one
is that the tentacles are all kind of CG now.
They're all... They'll all be superimposed on me at a later date,
whereas in the original movie,
they were mechanical and I had them, like, you know, attached to me,
and we had puppeteers working them and stuff.
So, that's the big difference.
[laughs] You wanna know the truth?
Nobody knows how uncomfortable those costumes are.
- [laughs] - But they look good.
We are actors. You forget about the discomfort
and, uh, you know, it's part of it.
But the costumes are much more comfortable than they were before.
I remember the initial fitting, uh,
to create the costume for the Green Goblin.
I stood there for eight hours,
and they put different preformed pieces on me.
Now, they scan me, and they can design it,
and then make the costume and then try it on me.
It's a huge leap in the technology.
And they're more flexible. We can do more things with them.
- The look's a little different. - It's very sexy.
Old Norman and the Goblin are further down the line,
and they have a few more tricks up their sleeve.
So, there have been upgrades on the costume, let's say.
I'm happy we got a new, uh... A brand-new star, a brand new look.
The... The blue...
When we did it the first time, it was...
Look, man, I didn't care.
I was just happy to be in this wonderful chorus.
And it was... Like you said,
it was sort of like two or three hours, or whatever like that.
But With this, it's fly.
The homies is like, "Okay, we get you now."
When I was blue, they still rolled with me,
but, "Okay, you're blue."
Uh, but with this one, it just feels more comfortable,
and I think it feels more today, modern.
Like, you know, not trying so hard.
Like I... I sort of relate it to R & B.
Back in the day in R & B,
you used to have to have fringes on your outfit
and shoulder pads and things like... Now you can just... You could sing.
You know, so, it's like now we're just singing.
[grunts]
{grunts} '[groans]
- [Goblin laughs] - [Spider-Man screams]
[Foxx] Who would be the best villain?
It's crazy because, like I said, we've just been watching Willem.
It seems personal.
Because with Electro, it's like Electro and us, it's to the world.
The world did me wrong.
But when something is personal,
and you can go all the way back to Shakespeare,
there's nothing that can beat that.
No matter what costume you put on, no matter what you say.
So, when he speaks, he has the power.
They all have different qualities.
In terms of overall scariness,
I would go along with Jamie's assessment.
It's just true. I mean, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Willem. You're gonna have to deal with it.
But as far as where Doc Ock is in the echelon of who's more powerful,
I think Doc Ock isn't exactly in the Premier League,
but he's kind of nudging up.
He's the guy that's arrived at the party and has kind of said something like,
"I've got the beers..."
[chuckles]
...and they let him in.
These guys are really generous.
I mean, not only in their comments, but...
You know, the nice thing is when you have resources,
and you have people that wanna be there
and this isn't their first rodeo,
it's a real good working situation.
And flexibility, generosity are two of the qualities
that you want in an actor, and these guys are like that.
I'm gonna kill the light.
Hello, my dear.
[person screams]
There's a part of me that misses the mustache twirling,
I must say. I mean, you know...
There's a very long tradition of British actors coming in
to play villains in Hollywood. You know, it started with...
- Not only British actors. - [laughs] That's true.
But, you know, it's like...
I keep thinking it's like, "We need an accent." You know.
- Let's get someone in... - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- "Son of Jor-El, kneel before Zod". - [laughter]
"Care to step outside?" Yeah, yeah, I get it.
But the thing about grounded villains
is that so many of them become villains almost reluctantly,
almost in spite of themselves.
An accident happens or some terrible tragedy,
and it transforms them.
And that's what makes them very playable
'cause it's not just mustache twirling, it's not just pulling a face and...
There... There's some real depth to it and that's what makes them interesting.
It's a privilege to be here, that's for sure. It's a joy to be here.
I gotta tell you, it's just so much fun.
I mean, there's a part of us that's like, we're a||...
I think I can say this for all of... We're all fans.
Yeah.
♪ Lonely That was my name a'
♪ Until I hit this town ♪
♪ My loves were hand-me-downs a'
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