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As the eagerly-awaited The Amazing Spider-Man release date draws closer, we bring you the second batch of trivia about the web-slinging superhero.
Read the first part here!
1. The youngest superhero
Spidey is the among the youngest A-list superheroes.
While Mr Fantastic, Iron Man and the senior members of the X-Men are all at least in their 40s, Peter Parker is a sprightly and constantly stressed 20-something.
Read the first part here!
1. The youngest superhero
Spidey is the among the youngest A-list superheroes.
While Mr Fantastic, Iron Man and the senior members of the X-Men are all at least in their 40s, Peter Parker is a sprightly and constantly stressed 20-something.
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Peter Parker is 5'10" tall, weighs 165 lbs, has brown hair and hazel-brown eyes.
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Contrary to popular belief, Peter's Spidey-Sense does not give him any extra awareness or instinct.
It is just a highly effective warning signal alerting him to danger coming his way.
It is just a highly effective warning signal alerting him to danger coming his way.
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In one of the most controversial Spider-Man storylines called The Clone Saga, Peter was cloned by an evil geneticist called Miles Warren, The Jackal.
Several Peter clones -- Ben Reilly, Kaine, Spidercide, etc -- were created by this experiment.
Several Peter clones -- Ben Reilly, Kaine, Spidercide, etc -- were created by this experiment.
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A few months ago, in an event called Spider-Island, The Jackal gave every New Yorker the same powers as Spidey.
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Andrew Garfield, who plays Spidey in The Amazing Spider-Man, has always been a huge fan of the character.
He even dressed as Spidey for Halloween when he was three.
He even dressed as Spidey for Halloween when he was three.
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Costume designer
Kym Barett wanted an athletic suit for Spider-Man in the new film, and
created a suit imagining "what would happen if a spiderweb was being
blown by the wind and wrapped itself around the body."
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It took Andrew Garfield 20 minutes -- and an assistant -- to put on the Spider suit for filming.
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In the very first issue of Amazing Spider-Man, Stan Lee mistakenly referred to Peter as "Peter Palmer" for two panels.
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And it just gets better! In Amazing Spider-Man #3, Doc Octopus actually calls Spidey 'Super-Man" once.
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The initial buzz on Marc Webb's upcoming Spider-Man reboot seemed to signal that Irrfan Khan
will play Proto-Goblin, a less significant but awfully vile foe of
Spidey's, and while these brand new pictures come with a press release
detailing a different role for Khan, one shouldn't rule the Goblin buzz
out completely just yet.
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Khan
plays Dr Ratha, a key part of Oscorp research and a close associate of
Dr Curt Connors (played by Rhys Ifans) who will turn into the film's
main villain, The Lizard. The reason I say he could have a link with
Goblin technology is because Oscorp is owned by Norman Osbourne (played
by Willem Defoe in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films, possibly not featuring
in this new film) who later becomes Spidey's greatest foe, The Green
Goblin.
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The
Sony Pictures release details that Khan was handpicked for the role by
director Webb after he was impressed by his work in US TV show, In
Treatment.
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Irrfan Khan has appeared in many acclaimed foreign films -- The Warrior, A Mighty Heart, The Darjeeling Limited, Slumdog Millionaire and The Namesake, among others -- and will be seen in this winter's Life Of Pi, but The Amazing Spider-Man, weighing in at an estimated $260 million, will be Irrfan's biggest budget release to date.
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It's a
huge stage for one of our finest actors, and we hope Webb's film --
already packed with a terrific ensemble -- has enough for him to do.
Either way, we're looking forward.
Image: Irrfan Khan in The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man hits theatres worldwide on July 3.
Image: Irrfan Khan in The Amazing Spider-Man
