In anticipation of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 which opens this week, let's do a round of trivia on this movie and its stars, and also other Spider-Man movies.
(1) Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone met and became an item while filming the The Amazing Spider-Man (2012). They are one of the most oh-so-cute couple in Hollywood at this moment.
(2) Shailene Woodley was cast as Mary-Jane Watson in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and even filmed scenes. But her role was cut from the film because the filmmakers felt there were too many characters and wanted to streamline the series, and have Gwen Stacy be the only love interest for the rest of the series. Had her scenes not cut, Shailene Woodley would have one YA movie series and one super-hero movie released in 2014, much like Jennifer Lawrence.
(3) At 142 minutes, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 would be the longest spider-man film to date.
(4) Jamie Foxx and Chris Cooper are the first Oscar winners to portray Spider-Man villains.
(5) Before Andrew Garfield was announced for the lead part in The Amazing Spider-Man series, Taylor Lautner, Josh Hutcherson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Logan Lerman, Robert Pattinson, Jamie Bell, Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Angarano, Michael Cera, Alden Ehrenreich, Zac Efron, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Xavier Samuel, Jim Sturgess, Liam Aiken and Anton Yelchin were also considered to play the lead role... which basically means every up-and-coming young actor was being considered at one point or another.
(6) Nicholas Hammond, who played Friedrich in my most favorite movie of all time The Sound of Music (1965), played Spider-Man / Peter Parker in the TV series The Amazing Spider-Man from 1977 to 1979. He later had a cameo role as a participant at the World Unity Festival in Spider-Man (2002).
(7) Spider-Man (2002) held the record for biggest opening day ever with $39.4 million. This record was broken by its sequel Spider-Man 2 (2004), and then was again broken by Spider-Man 3 (2007) with $59.8 million, though it made the least box office gross of the three. However, according to Box Office Mojo, Spider-Man 3 is currently only sitting at no. 14, with 13 other films had since broken its record.
(8) Leonardo DiCaprio was considered for the role of Peter Parker in the Sam Raimi's Spider-Man series, but his best buddy Tobey Maguire eventually won the role.
(9) In Spider-Man 3, Kirsten Dunst, a natural blonde, plays redhead Mary Jane, while Bryce Dallas Howard, a natural redhead, plays blonde Gwen Stacy
(10) Sam Raimi is the first director to helm all three installments in a superhero franchise. At the time Bryan Singer only made two X-Men movies and Tim Burton did two Batman movies. Christopher Nolan is second with his Dark Knight trilogy. Now Bryan Singer is third, with three X-men movies.
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