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Jamie Foxx Reveals Changes To Electro's Look For 'Amazing Spider-Man 2'
Jamie Foxx rides into theaters next week as the titular hero in Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained,' but we only just heard about another major role for which he will soon be saddling up. Foxx has been tapped to play the villain Electro in Marc Webb's followup to 'The Amazing Spider-Man.' Electro was previously known as Max Dillon, an electrical engineer who is granted superpowers by a freak lightning strike. Foxx recently revealed in an interview that the Electro we see in the upcoming film will not necessarily resemble the one we've come to know.
"It won’t be green and yellow. It will be a different color. They (the producers) want something for the future. They want to have it more grounded and not as comic bookie, so it won’t be green and yellow. They want to try new things, like a liquid rubber and things like that, and there are all these bolts and stuff in my arms when they are hanging me upside down and trying to figure out what happen. How did he become this way? So, it will be some new stuff."
This shouldn't really be that surprising. Many superhero costumes undergo tweaks and alterations from the page to the screen. Not only that, but depending on how long that character has appeared in print, their costume may change several times in the comics so the universal standard for what identifies that hero or villain may have changed multiple times. That being said, most people do recognize Electro by his green and yellow suit with the big electric X-shaped mask. I don't think anyone is going to begrudge Webb a few changes to what would be a cinematically unwieldy uniform. I'm more interested in this comment Foxx made about bolts in his arms. Are these going to look like tattoos or possibly seared brands or...? Furthermore, will this Electro resemble the one from Ultimate Spider-Man? Also, while I understand what he's trying to say, the comment about not wanting the characters to look "comic bookie" is a bit disconcerting. I'm willing to bet there are plenty of Spider-Man fans who would actually like their favorite comic book characters to look at least somewhat like, I don't know, comic book characters.
What do you guys think? Are you concerned about the changes to Electro's costume or do you think the producers are making a wise decision? How do you envision the more futuristic, less "comic bookie" Electro?
Source: Blackfilm.com
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Comment by DeAno Jackson on December 26, 2012 at 12:34am -
Electro's costume is stupid; always has been. Any change they do to it can only be for the better.
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Comment by Bin Laughin on December 24, 2012 at 8:22pm -
Like FOX, Sony's comicbook films are seeing less and less at the box office. Crap like this is why. 2015 has too many heavy hitters releasing to take this all that seriously. Give Marvel their rights back and then we'll see a legit Electro....
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Comment by BLAM! on December 21, 2012 at 1:26pm -
@J It seems like a scar like that is only temporary but something along those lines would be pretty badass.
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Comment by J on December 20, 2012 at 3:36pm -
The bolts on his arms are probably gonna be something like just marks from being hurt by electricity or lightning. Has anyone here seen lightning marks on a human body? It may hurt as hell but it leaves a cool mark.
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Comment by Beefcake on December 20, 2012 at 11:17am -
Why not just do Shocker? Its pretty much the character he's describing.
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Comment by Obscene Otter on December 20, 2012 at 5:40am -
What Julian Teamor said
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Comment by Happy Birthday Roboto on December 20, 2012 at 4:40am -
I don't know what all the complaining's about Electro's star-fish-face-shaped costume made him look like a walking anus and could do with a redesign!
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Comment by Julian Teamor on December 19, 2012 at 11:29pm -
I'm all for black actors getting high-profile work but Foxx seems wildly miscast here...
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Comment by MaroBot on December 19, 2012 at 9:34pm -
@Pumooo Just because something looks/feels cool in a comic book doesn't mean it will translate well into a movie, so yeah..."comic bookie" shit where character get's powers and his first instinct is to put on a colorful costume with bolts coming out of his mask and big logo on his chest doesn't feel stupid in a comic book because our suspension of disbelief is greater than while watching a movie, that's why Superman does look cool in the comic books with his standard costume, but will never look good on a big screen without couple tweaks.
And GOOD actors/directors who try to make their characters convincing, will try to get into a mindset of characters they are portraying/directing so the audience can believe in their motivations, And silly comic bookie costumes would fuck that up.
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Staff Comment by Fungusmonkey on December 19, 2012 at 9:11pm -
"Not as comic bookie" likely means not bright yellow and green with a ridiculous bolt helmet. Frankly, even in the comics it's started to look silly (which is why the latest arc gave him the look you see in the above pic where there are burns on his face). It means they're not just going to stick him in a spandex suit but probably cobble together something that makes sense for the story. One of the many things I liked about TASM 1 was that everything on Spidey's suit was put together from various other things (modified shoe soles, work gloves, sunglasses, luge suit, etc). Hopefully TASM 2 has the same costume designer (or maybe someone even better) and they come up with something that hints at the classic design but in a way that works for the modern take they're doing.
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