The stars of The Amazing Spiderman, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone rolled into Tokyo yesterday for a press conference and brought the movie’s producers, Avi Arad and Matthew Tolmach for good measure.
Some new details about the plot were revealed including how Peter Parker finds his true love, Gwen Stacy and how she was always the true love of Peter Parker. Avi Arad went on to say “We found a very, very good story about what makes a human being. About what sets their destiny.”
And the movie’s bad guy also got a mention with Arad speaking about The Lizard (Rhys Ifans) “We introduce our villain, Dr Connors, and in the great tradition of Marvel, Dr Connors is going to be connected to Peter Parker and, in our case even more interesting, to Gwen Stacy.Right there, the challenge of having to deal with a villain who is a mentor and the only one who you can look at and say, ‘So what really happened to my dad?’ That’s a very hard person to fight.”
The Tokyo press also got some footage screened and Andrew Garfield spoke about the film’s effects and stunts. “As you can see, a lot of the stunts are practical and grounded in reality," he explained. "That was something that Marc, the director, really wanted to make sure happened in this movie to set it apart from previous ones... I would exhaust myself every day and get into near-death experiences every hour on the hour... I collaborated with [the stunt team] not only on the big stunt set-pieces but also on what happens to Peter’s body when he gets bitten. What happens to his DNA and how that effects the way he moves and the way he interacts with objects. The idea that he has spider DNA running in his system. What that will do to his sense of space. What that will do to the sensitivity of his skin. To have an opportunity to play in that forum with creative and talented people was a real opportunity and gift."
The full press conference is also available to watch via MrJapanjp on youtube.
Synopsis: Teenager Peter Parker grapples with both human problems and amazing super-human crises.
Released: 3rd July IRE & UK / 4th July USA
Via Superherohype
