Re: The Amazing Spider-Man
From the panel at Comic Con.
https://twitter.com/devincf/status/94572016723689472
devincf : "Andrew Garfield, dressed in a cheap Spidey costume, is introing the panel with a REALLY earnest & emotional speech."
https://twitter.com/loquaciousmuse/status/94572259573891073
loquaciousmuse: "Andrew Garfield, dressed as Spiderman, just read a truly lovely speech he wrote about being a Spiderman fan. I just cried a little." #SDCC
https://twitter.com/devincf/status/94574632014852096
devincf: "Extended Spidey footage may have just won me over."
Read his previous negative reaction to the trailer https://www.badassdigest.com/2011/07/20/trailer-for-amazing-spider-man-begins-now-actually-online
https://twitter.com/devincf/status/94575039936077825
devincf: "Garfield and Stone have GREAT chemistry, there's some joyfully funny Spidey vs thugs stuff. Physical web swinging is great and fun".
https://twitter.com/mrbeaks/status/94575418190987265
mrbeaks: "And that's why we don't judge films based on their trailers. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN isn't dour at all. Looks spot-on like Spidey." #sdcc
https://www.firstshowing.net/2011/comic-con-2011-live-sonys-hall-h-the-amazing-spider-man-panel/
Garfield: "We're approaching this like it's Shakespeare, like a Greek myth, these comic book characters are our modern myths...
We still want to see our favorite characters on the big screen, and in 3D I might add. So for me it's just another chapter in the long history of a comic book story that means so much to so many people."
Q&A discussion after the footage screening.
Audience Q&A has started, Marc Webb talks about how they looked at the Ultimate Spider-Man series to reference body-type for Spider-Man.
Any hesitation about signing on? "I hesitated for a month, I was really scared," Andrew says. "I was scared of the crowds and I still am, but I couldn't say no to it ultimately."
Question for Webb about this being darker. Webb: "Darker is one of those loaded terms... I want the style to be grounded, I wanted you to recognize what you see on screen as our real world, and that goes for physical, aesthetically, emotionally."
Webb: "I don't use that term darker, but it's very emotionally complex, it's very rich and we're trying to create that in a very real and authentic way."
Garfield: "Peter Parker has been the one fictional character that I've feel I've related to... I bought my first Spider-Man costume when I was 2." "I've always felt close to it personally."
Garfield didn't speak to Tobey Maguire while shooting, but did speak to him after. He did get a message once he was announced as Spider-Man though and Tobey gave him his blessing. "It made me feel okay about jumping into it."
"I'm one of you, and I want to be out there watching and judging it," Garfield says. "It was incredibly fun, but I also felt the responsibility of it."
From the panel at Comic Con.
https://twitter.com/devincf/status/94572016723689472
devincf : "Andrew Garfield, dressed in a cheap Spidey costume, is introing the panel with a REALLY earnest & emotional speech."
https://twitter.com/loquaciousmuse/status/94572259573891073
loquaciousmuse: "Andrew Garfield, dressed as Spiderman, just read a truly lovely speech he wrote about being a Spiderman fan. I just cried a little." #SDCC
https://twitter.com/devincf/status/94574632014852096
devincf: "Extended Spidey footage may have just won me over."
Read his previous negative reaction to the trailer https://www.badassdigest.com/2011/07/20/trailer-for-amazing-spider-man-begins-now-actually-online
https://twitter.com/devincf/status/94575039936077825
devincf: "Garfield and Stone have GREAT chemistry, there's some joyfully funny Spidey vs thugs stuff. Physical web swinging is great and fun".
https://twitter.com/mrbeaks/status/94575418190987265
mrbeaks: "And that's why we don't judge films based on their trailers. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN isn't dour at all. Looks spot-on like Spidey." #sdcc
https://www.firstshowing.net/2011/comic-con-2011-live-sonys-hall-h-the-amazing-spider-man-panel/
Garfield: "We're approaching this like it's Shakespeare, like a Greek myth, these comic book characters are our modern myths...
We still want to see our favorite characters on the big screen, and in 3D I might add. So for me it's just another chapter in the long history of a comic book story that means so much to so many people."
Q&A discussion after the footage screening.
Audience Q&A has started, Marc Webb talks about how they looked at the Ultimate Spider-Man series to reference body-type for Spider-Man.
Any hesitation about signing on? "I hesitated for a month, I was really scared," Andrew says. "I was scared of the crowds and I still am, but I couldn't say no to it ultimately."
Question for Webb about this being darker. Webb: "Darker is one of those loaded terms... I want the style to be grounded, I wanted you to recognize what you see on screen as our real world, and that goes for physical, aesthetically, emotionally."
Webb: "I don't use that term darker, but it's very emotionally complex, it's very rich and we're trying to create that in a very real and authentic way."
Garfield: "Peter Parker has been the one fictional character that I've feel I've related to... I bought my first Spider-Man costume when I was 2." "I've always felt close to it personally."
Garfield didn't speak to Tobey Maguire while shooting, but did speak to him after. He did get a message once he was announced as Spider-Man though and Tobey gave him his blessing. "It made me feel okay about jumping into it."
"I'm one of you, and I want to be out there watching and judging it," Garfield says. "It was incredibly fun, but I also felt the responsibility of it."
There are millions of fans who dreamed of having Spider-Man's powers as a kid. His stories and convictions still resonate and inspire people to do the right thing. Including adolescent teenagers who may feel like an outsider just like Peter Parker did and hence are able to relate to the character on many aspects. Andrew Garfield is getting the opportunity of a life time to play the dream role of his hero in real life and he is truly grateful for that opportunity.
