The Amazing Spider Man (2012) is an Action/Adventure movie produced under Marvel Studio and directed by Marc Webb. The movie stars Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone in lead roles as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Gwen Stacy.
The movie is re-imagining of Spider-Man movies with new technologies and fresh faces. The movie is set after Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically altered spider, he gains newfound, spider like powers and ventures out to solve the mystery of his parents mysterious death.
We have put together a list of 10 Facts related to The Amazing Spider Man (2012). Let’s have a quick look.
1. The Amazing Spider Man (2012) When first wearing Spider-Man costume Andrew Garfield admitted to shedding tears.
2. After Denis Leary was cast, his friend Jeff Garlin, a Spider-Man fan, said “I knew you would get the part.” To which Leary replied “Why? Because I’m such a great actor?” Garlin then said, “no, because you look just like Captain Stacy.”
3. On selecting Andrew Garfield to play Peter Parker/Spider-Man, director Marc Webb said, “Though his name may be new to many, those who know this young actor’s work understand his extraordinary talents. He has a rare combination of intelligence, wit, and humanity. Mark my words, you will love Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker.
4. To prepare for his role as Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield studied the movements of spiders and tried to incorporate them as much as he could: “Parker is a boy/spider in terms of how he moves, and not just in the suit.”
5. Andrew Garfield requested that the song “Pure Imagination” from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) be played when filming the otherwise silent scene in which Peter goes into the web harvesting room with the spiders.
6. When Peter Googles the name of his father Richard Parker, one of the options offered is “richard parker life of pi”, as the same name is given to a character in a novel which was adapted as the film Life of Pi (2012) about the same time as this film. Irrfan Khan appears in both films and speaks the name Richard Parker in both.
7. Before Andrew Garfield was announced for the lead part, Taylor Lautner, Josh Hutcherson,Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Logan Lerman, Robert Pattinson, Jamie Bell, Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Angarano, Michael Cera, Alden Ehrenreich, Zac Efron, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Xavier Samuel,Jim Sturgess, Liam Aiken and Anton Yelchinwere also considered to play the lead role.
8. According to costume designer Kym Barrett, the Spider-Man costume was specially designed to resemble an acrobat costume: “We wanted a design that would make the body longer and more lithe, someone incredibly agile; the legs of the spider-symbol on the chest were used to emphasize that.”
9. The film noticeably borrows a few story elements from the first seven issues of the Ultimate Spider-Man series. A few examples are that not only was Spider-Man’s mutation connected to OsCorp like in the comics, but also Spider-Man battled the villain in his school after the villain discovered his secret identity.
10. Emma Stone normally wears her hair red, but as Gwen Stacy she appears in her natural blonde.Bryce Dallas Howard, who played the same role in Spider-Man 3 (2007), is a natural redhead who had to dye her hair blonde.
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