"You get a chance to color outside the lines," he said. Get an Early Look at 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'įoxx said playing the bad guy was "kind of fun." "Once you get the blue makeup on … it seems like the voice started to change. "It really helps with the character," he told "Good Morning America"'s Amy Robach. Given the studio's excellent resume for carving memorable villains, fans can once again hope that with an actor like Foxx Marvel can give them a memorable villain with Spider-Man 3's Electro. But he's doing double-duty, too, as the mild-mannered Max Dillon, whose life is saved, and then changed, by Spider-Man.įor his role as Electro, Foxx, 46, said he spent 4.5 hours in the make-up chair "getting painted blue." While The Amazing Spider-Man 2 gave him a badly written character with underused potential, there's a chance this MCU version can succeed. Spider-Man's Emma Stone Becomes Real-Life Super Heroįoxx, whose acting range has seen him in comedies and dramas - including his Oscar-winning turn in the biopic, "Ray" - is now taking on the role of the villainous Electro. The film also stars The film also stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Chris Cooper, Felicity Jones, B.J.
"When I saw Andrew Garfield in his outfit, and me in my outfit, I was like 'wow, we get a chance to really live out our childhood dreams,'" he said.
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“The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” directed by Marc Webb, was a let down with critics (it has a 53 score on Metacritic), but it still made $708.9 million at the worldwide box office.įoxx most recently was seen in Netflix’s “Project Power” and lent his voice to the upcoming Disney/Pixar movie “Soul.When Jamie Foxx was cast as the villain in " The Amazing Spider-Man 2," it presented him with a unique opportunity. Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal are producing the third film in the franchise. It’s expected that other franchise regulars, including Zendaya, Marisa Tomei, Jacob Batalon and Tony Revolori, will likewise return for the sequel.
Jonah Jameson from the original trilogy of films with Tobey Maguire. The most recent Spider-Man film, “Far From Home” from 2019, brought back another popular character from a previous iteration of the franchise, having J.K. Jon Watts, who directed “Homecoming” and last year’s “Far From Home,” will also direct the newest film.Īlso Read: JC Chandor to Direct Spider-Man Villain 'Kraven the Hunter' Movie for Sony Pictures The character first appeared in Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in 2014. Andrew GarfieldEmma StoneJamie FoxxDane DeHaanColm FeoreFelicity JonesPaul GiamattiSally FieldEmbeth DavidtzCampbell ScottMarton CsokasLouis CancelmiMax. The first villain that was officially announced as part of the lineup when the film was in production was Jamie Foxx as Max Dillon AKA Electro. Jamie Foxx is in talks to reprise his Spider-Man villain Electro in the next “Spider-Man” installment starring Tom Holland, according to The Hollywood Reporter.įoxx played the character in the 2014 “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” which starred Andrew Garfield as the web-slinger before the character was brought into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. One of the many exciting aspects of Spider-Man: No Way Home is the return of numerous villains from different universes.