'The Amazing Spiderman' star Rhys Ifans talks about his villainous role as the Lizard
While it鈥檚 true that 2011 was a banner year for superhero films 鈥� Green Hornet, Thor, X-Men: First Class, Green Lantern, and Captain America 鈥� 2012 is destined to be a banner year for major superhero films like , , and The Amazing Spider-Man.
Speaking of the Spider-Man reboot, Rhys Ifans 鈥� the man who鈥檚 playing Spider-Man鈥檚 kindest rogue, Dr. Connors (A.K.A. The Lizard) 鈥� recently spoke in detail about his role in the upcoming film.
On what makes The Lizard so special 鈥� courtesy of 鈥� Rhys Ifans said:
鈥淭he majority of comic book villains are pure evil, but Curt Connors is an exception. Curt Connors is a good man who initially wants to save the world but he gets hungry and greedy and reckless and he pays the price for that.鈥�
Eh, it鈥檚 arguable that most of the Spider-Man villains 鈥� and a majority of the best supervillains in general 鈥� have a complicated quality to them. It鈥檚 something Sam Raimi picked up from the get-go. Norman Osborne wasn鈥檛 good by any means, but he was more insane than he was 鈥減ure evil.鈥� Likewise, Doctor Octopus, Sandman, Venom, and so forth, were all very complicated 鈥渂ad guys.鈥� Though it鈥檚 true, of course, that The Lizard was one of the few Spider-Man rogues to be a totally good guy when unaffected by his evil, Lizard-based super powers.
On what makes Spider-Man interesting when compared to other household superhero names like Batman and Superman, Ifans said:
鈥淚 just love the whole Spider-Man thing because Superman is so kind of godlike, he comes from another planet, Batman is this inaccessible, unapproachable millionaire, and Peter Parker is this schoolboy who鈥檚 bullied and I think that鈥檚 the kind of enduring appeal to that story. We can all relate to his bullying and the kind of flux that puberty induces in a young boy becoming a man.鈥�
On Emma Stone鈥檚 role as Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man:
鈥淓mma works with me. Emma鈥檚 character Gwen Stacey is a student who works at my laboratory.鈥�
When asked why he wouldn鈥檛 disclose more details, Ifans said:
鈥淵ou don鈥檛 want me to turn 9-foot-tall and green and covered in scales and lick your face until you die.鈥�
I think it鈥檚 safe to say that everyone wants to see that 鈥� on the big screen 鈥� when The Amazing Spider-Man comes out. (In July of next year.)
Ben Moore blogs at Screen Rant.
