Columbia Casts Rhys Ifans as the Villain in Spider-Man Reboot

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"Mr. Nice" star Rhys Ifans will play the villain in Columbia's "Spider-Man," the studio announced on Monday.

The filmmakers prefer not to reveal which character Ifans will be playing.

Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone star as Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy, respectively.

Avi Aras and Laura Ziskin are producing the franchise reboot, which begins production in December. The film will hit theaters in 3D on July 3, 2012.

Ifans was last seen in "Greenberg" and "Nanny McPhee Returns." He next appears in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1," and also stars in Columbia's "Anonymous," a thriller about the real author behind William Shakespeare's works, which comes from unlikely director Roland Emmerich.

Ifans is represented by UTA, Brillstein Entertainment and London's Independent Talent Group.

He's wiry.

He's wiry.

LikeHaterade

Norman OSbourne?

I really like the cast so far. I can see Rhys Ifans playing villain, Emma Stone is a good choice, and Andrew Garfield is a much better actor than Tobey Maguire.

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He's wiry.

smerlus

He would have to bulk up a lot. I'm thinking Chameleon.

If the movie has Gwen Stacy in it, he is probably playing the Jackal.

[QUOTE="smerlus"][QUOTE="LikeHaterade"]

He's wiry.

LikeHaterade

He would have to bulk up a lot. I'm thinking Chameleon.

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[QUOTE="smerlus"] Kraven the Hunter maybe? I mean he'll have to bulk up.xaos

He would have to bulk up a lot. I'm thinking Chameleon.

Yea. I don't see him appealing to larger audiences either. Tough call.

From looking at that picture of him...I'm thinking "Vulture"...spazzx625

ya I could see that

[QUOTE="spazzx625"]From looking at that picture of him...I'm thinking "Vulture"...iloverikku11

ya I could see that

He's not old enough. Unless they're going for a younger Vulture I suppose. Then it just wouldn't feel like The Vulture to me.

From looking at that picture of him...I'm thinking "Vulture"...spazzx625

From looking at that picture of him...I'm thinking "Vulture"...spazzx625

Sam Raimi would not be please.lol.(he wanted the vulture in spider man 3 I think)

I really like the cast so far. I can see Rhys Ifans playing villain, Emma Stone is a good choice, and Andrew Garfield is a much better actor than Tobey Maguire.

Film-Guy

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[QUOTE="spazzx625"]From looking at that picture of him...I'm thinking "Vulture"...LikeHaterade

ya I could see that

He's not old enough. Unless they're going for a younger Vulture I suppose. Then it just wouldn't feel like The Vulture to me.

Brad Pitt played a 100 year old, so I think it could still work.

Brad Pitt played a 100 year old, so I think it could still work.

iloverikku11

Touche

This is entirely too soon.. And I have to say Tobey Meguire IS the Spider-Man and I can't help but think I will see it this way stilla fter this movie.. This movie has come out a decade too early.. sSubZerOo

I really like the cast so far. I can see Rhys Ifans playing villain, Emma Stone is a good choice, and Andrew Garfield is a much better actor than Tobey Maguire.

Film-Guy

Tobey Maguire played Peter Parker amazingly well in his own version.. Spider-man 1 and 2 were great.. And the third wasn't bad either.. This is entirely too soon, and I don't see where acting has anything to do with this when Tobey Maguires role wasn't a challenging one compared to others.. He played it exceptionally well... So I don't see what his acting abilities have anything to do with it when Tobey Maguire played Peter Parker and Spider-man exceptionally well.. To met his seems like a shameless cash in.

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I really like the cast so far. I can see Rhys Ifans playing villain, Emma Stone is a good choice, and Andrew Garfield is a much better actor than Tobey Maguire.

sSubZerOo

Tobey Maguire played Peter Parker amazingly well in his own version.. Spider-man 1 and 2 were great.. And the third wasn't bad either.. This is entirely too soon, and I don't see where acting has anything to do with this when Tobey Maguires role wasn't a challenging one compared to others.. He played it exceptionally well... So I don't see what his acting abilities have anything to do with it when Tobey Maguire played Peter Parker and Spider-man exceptionally well.. To met his seems like a shameless cash in.

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[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

I really like the cast so far. I can see Rhys Ifans playing villain, Emma Stone is a good choice, and Andrew Garfield is a much better actor than Tobey Maguire.

frostybanana

Tobey Maguire played Peter Parker amazingly well in his own version.. Spider-man 1 and 2 were great.. And the third wasn't bad either.. This is entirely too soon, and I don't see where acting has anything to do with this when Tobey Maguires role wasn't a challenging one compared to others.. He played it exceptionally well... So I don't see what his acting abilities have anything to do with it when Tobey Maguire played Peter Parker and Spider-man exceptionally well.. To met his seems like a shameless cash in.

Not to mention acting is only one piece of the puzzle.. It would be like having Terrance Howard playing Blade.. People may say he is a better actor then Wesley Snipes.. But Snipes IS BLADE.. He is the one who personified everything Blade should be, act and look like.. Having him play Blade instead of Snipes would make me to violently rage, and I see this to be no different either..

Spider-man 1 and 2 were great.. And the third wasn't bad either..

sSubZerOo

Oh dear... The third almost turned me away from Spider Man comics altogether it was so bad.

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I really like the cast so far. I can see Rhys Ifans playing villain, Emma Stone is a good choice, and Andrew Garfield is a much better actor than Tobey Maguire.

frostybanana

Andrew Garfield may be early on in his career, but he has already shown in Never Let Me Go, Boy A, Red Riding trilogy, Imaginarium of doctor Parnassus, and The Social Network that he is a damn good actor. I agree that Maguire did a good job and I think he can be good. I thought he was very good in The Wonder Boys, and Brothers despite how he was sometimes a bit over the top in latter. However I think Andrew Garfield will bring more depth to the character. I have been more impressed with Garfield in most of his recent roles than I have been with Maguire in most of his.

[QUOTE="frostybanana"][QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

I really like the cast so far. I can see Rhys Ifans playing villain, Emma Stone is a good choice, and Andrew Garfield is a much better actor than Tobey Maguire.

Film-Guy

Andrew Garfield may be early on in his career, but he has already shown in Never Let Me Go, Boy A, Red Riding trilogy, Imaginarium of doctor Parnassus, and The Social Network that he is a damn good actor. I agree that Maguire did a good job and I think he can be good. I thought he was very good in The Wonder Boys, and Brothers despite how he was sometimes a bit over the top in latter. However I think Andrew Garfield will bring more depth to the character. I have been more impressed with Garfield in most of his recent roles than I have been with Maguire in most of his.

Thats great.. But yet again.. How deep can spiderman be>? Spiderman 1 and 2 have shown to be modern day comic classics.. As we can see this is only going to go down hill.. And yet again Garfield is not Spider-man.. Meguire is.. I am certain they could have gotten better actors then Reeves for the original Superman sequel shortly after.. But would people like it? Hell no.. Reeves WAS Superman.. Just like Meguire IS Spider-man.. It is entirely too soon..

[QUOTE="frostybanana"][QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

Tobey Maguire played Peter Parker amazingly well in his own version.. Spider-man 1 and 2 were great.. And the third wasn't bad either.. This is entirely too soon, and I don't see where acting has anything to do with this when Tobey Maguires role wasn't a challenging one compared to others.. He played it exceptionally well... So I don't see what his acting abilities have anything to do with it when Tobey Maguire played Peter Parker and Spider-man exceptionally well.. To met his seems like a shameless cash in.

sSubZerOo

Not to mention acting is only one piece of the puzzle.. It would be like having Terrance Howard playing Blade.. People may say he is a better actor then Wesley Snipes.. But Snipes IS BLADE.. He is the one who personified everything Blade should be, act and look like.. Having him play Blade instead of Snipes would make me to violently rage, and I see this to be no different either..

I see what you are saying, but honestly at this point I would rather they cast a good actor like Andrew Garfield than a bad one. Just because one person played a role well it doesnt mean someone else cant. Look at the Bond movies. They have changed actors tons of times and Bond is an iconic film character and each actor brings something new to the table. I see nothing wrong with Garfield being the new Peter Parker. To call his version a shameless cash in is silly because in the end a film like Spider Man has to make money, and if the reboot is already going to happen whether you like it or not wouldnt you rather they chose a very good actor like Andrew Garfield instead of someone like Shia Labeouf? He may be cashing in, but in the end he wants to make money like all actors. He would be an idiot to turn the role down.

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[QUOTE="frostybanana"] That's my first impression as well. I have trouble believing they'll be able to keep the integrity of the film in tact with the way they're going about doing this.Film-Guy

Not to mention acting is only one piece of the puzzle.. It would be like having Terrance Howard playing Blade.. People may say he is a better actor then Wesley Snipes.. But Snipes IS BLADE.. He is the one who personified everything Blade should be, act and look like.. Having him play Blade instead of Snipes would make me to violently rage, and I see this to be no different either..

I see what you are saying, but honestly at this point I would rather they cast a good actor like Andrew Garfield than a bad one. Just because one person played a role well it doesnt mean someone else cant. Look at the Bond movies. They have changed actors tons of times and Bond is an iconic film character and each actor brings something new to the table. I see nothing wrong with Garfield being the new Peter Parker. To call his version a shameless cash in is silly because in the end a film like Spider Man has to make money, and if the reboot is already going to happen whether you like it or not wouldnt you rather they chose a very good actor like Andrew Garfield instead of someone like Shia Labeouf? He may be cashing in, but in the end he wants to make money like all actors. He would be an idiot to turn the role down.

No actually I would rather have it crash and burn.. To make sure Hollywood doesn't go down this path.. It would be like some one remaking Back to the Future.. A reboot for Spider-man just like Back to the Future shouldn't happen.

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[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

Not to mention acting is only one piece of the puzzle.. It would be like having Terrance Howard playing Blade.. People may say he is a better actor then Wesley Snipes.. But Snipes IS BLADE.. He is the one who personified everything Blade should be, act and look like.. Having him play Blade instead of Snipes would make me to violently rage, and I see this to be no different either..

sSubZerOo

I see what you are saying, but honestly at this point I would rather they cast a good actor like Andrew Garfield than a bad one. Just because one person played a role well it doesnt mean someone else cant. Look at the Bond movies. They have changed actors tons of times and Bond is an iconic film character and each actor brings something new to the table. I see nothing wrong with Garfield being the new Peter Parker. To call his version a shameless cash in is silly because in the end a film like Spider Man has to make money, and if the reboot is already going to happen whether you like it or not wouldnt you rather they chose a very good actor like Andrew Garfield instead of someone like Shia Labeouf? He may be cashing in, but in the end he wants to make money like all actors. He would be an idiot to turn the role down.

No actually I would rather have it crash and burn.. To make sure Hollywood doesn't go down this path.. It would be like some one remaking Back to the Future.. A reboot for Spider-man just like Back to the Future shouldn't happen.

There is nothing wrong with a new actor playing Spider Man. Maguire was good, but saying he was the real spider man doesnt really matter. If Andrew Garfield played him first and Maguire was going to take over I'm sure people would say the same thing. People fear change and while it may be too soon, I think it is silly to expect Hollywood to care about that. Whatever happened with Spider man 3 that made Sam Raimi leave is in the past now. We cant change what happens next, and despite how weird the situation is, I welcome a new guy playing the role. We are used to Maguire being spider man, but that doesnt mean someone else cant play him just as well if not better.

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[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

I see what you are saying, but honestly at this point I would rather they cast a good actor like Andrew Garfield than a bad one. Just because one person played a role well it doesnt mean someone else cant. Look at the Bond movies. They have changed actors tons of times and Bond is an iconic film character and each actor brings something new to the table. I see nothing wrong with Garfield being the new Peter Parker. To call his version a shameless cash in is silly because in the end a film like Spider Man has to make money, and if the reboot is already going to happen whether you like it or not wouldnt you rather they chose a very good actor like Andrew Garfield instead of someone like Shia Labeouf? He may be cashing in, but in the end he wants to make money like all actors. He would be an idiot to turn the role down.

Film-Guy

No actually I would rather have it crash and burn.. To make sure Hollywood doesn't go down this path.. It would be like some one remaking Back to the Future.. A reboot for Spider-man just like Back to the Future shouldn't happen.

There is nothing wrong with a new actor playing Spider Man. Maguire was good, but saying he was the real spider man doesnt really matter. If Andrew Garfield played him first and Maguire was going to take over I'm sure people would say the same thing. People fear change and while it may be too soon, I think it is silly to expect Hollywood to care about that. Whatever happened with Spider man 3 that made Sam Raimi leave is in the past now. We cant change what happens next, and despite how weird the situation is, I welcome a new guy playing the role. We are used to Maguire being spider man, but that doesnt mean someone else cant play him just as well if not better.

I think you guys are coming from two different angles, Film-Guy is coming from a film buff angle, if the cast/director is good I will look forward to it, but subzero is coming as a fan saying maybe it will be a better film but it's still not the one the spider-man franchise deserves.

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

I see what you are saying, but honestly at this point I would rather they cast a good actor like Andrew Garfield than a bad one. Just because one person played a role well it doesnt mean someone else cant. Look at the Bond movies. They have changed actors tons of times and Bond is an iconic film character and each actor brings something new to the table. I see nothing wrong with Garfield being the new Peter Parker. To call his version a shameless cash in is silly because in the end a film like Spider Man has to make money, and if the reboot is already going to happen whether you like it or not wouldnt you rather they chose a very good actor like Andrew Garfield instead of someone like Shia Labeouf? He may be cashing in, but in the end he wants to make money like all actors. He would be an idiot to turn the role down.

Film-Guy

No actually I would rather have it crash and burn.. To make sure Hollywood doesn't go down this path.. It would be like some one remaking Back to the Future.. A reboot for Spider-man just like Back to the Future shouldn't happen.

There is nothing wrong with a new actor playing Spider Man. Maguire was good, but saying he was the real spider man doesnt really matter. If Andrew Garfield played him first and Maguire was going to take over I'm sure people would say the same thing. People fear change and while it may be too soon, I think it is silly to expect Hollywood to care about that. Whatever happened with Spider man 3 that made Sam Raimi leave is in the past now. We cant change what happens next, and despite how weird the situation is, I welcome a new guy playing the role. We are used to Maguire being spider man, but that doesnt mean someone else cant play him just as well if not better.

Yes there is imo, especially when its so soon. Meguire is a iconic character for Spider-man.. Whether you admit or not.. Much like Michael J Fox is Marty McFly... Its the same reason why Johnny Depp wasn't received well as Willy Wonka when every one believes that Gene Wilder is the one and only Wonka.. The point of the matter is the majority of people who saw Spider-man thought Meguire was the questienstial spiderman just like Reeves is Superman.. Even then Hollywood held off for a few decades on making a modern day sequel of Superman.. Such a reboot imo is infuriating.

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[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

No actually I would rather have it crash and burn.. To make sure Hollywood doesn't go down this path.. It would be like some one remaking Back to the Future.. A reboot for Spider-man just like Back to the Future shouldn't happen.

iloverikku11

There is nothing wrong with a new actor playing Spider Man. Maguire was good, but saying he was the real spider man doesnt really matter. If Andrew Garfield played him first and Maguire was going to take over I'm sure people would say the same thing. People fear change and while it may be too soon, I think it is silly to expect Hollywood to care about that. Whatever happened with Spider man 3 that made Sam Raimi leave is in the past now. We cant change what happens next, and despite how weird the situation is, I welcome a new guy playing the role. We are used to Maguire being spider man, but that doesnt mean someone else cant play him just as well if not better.

I think you guys are coming from two different angles, Film-Guy is coming from a film buff angle, if the cast/director is good I will look forward to it, but subzero is coming as a fan saying maybe it will be a better film but it's still not the one the spider-man franchise deserves.

I have to admit I have no investment in the Spider Man movies or the comics. That's why I welcome Andrew Garfield playing Peter Parker, mostly because he is a fantastic actor.

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[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"]

Not to mention acting is only one piece of the puzzle.. It would be like having Terrance Howard playing Blade.. People may say he is a better actor then Wesley Snipes.. But Snipes IS BLADE.. He is the one who personified everything Blade should be, act and look like.. Having him play Blade instead of Snipes would make me to violently rage, and I see this to be no different either..

sSubZerOo

I see what you are saying, but honestly at this point I would rather they cast a good actor like Andrew Garfield than a bad one. Just because one person played a role well it doesnt mean someone else cant. Look at the Bond movies. They have changed actors tons of times and Bond is an iconic film character and each actor brings something new to the table. I see nothing wrong with Garfield being the new Peter Parker. To call his version a shameless cash in is silly because in the end a film like Spider Man has to make money, and if the reboot is already going to happen whether you like it or not wouldnt you rather they chose a very good actor like Andrew Garfield instead of someone like Shia Labeouf? He may be cashing in, but in the end he wants to make money like all actors. He would be an idiot to turn the role down.

No actually I would rather have it crash and burn.. To make sure Hollywood doesn't go down this path.. It would be like some one remaking Back to the Future.. A reboot for Spider-man just like Back to the Future shouldn't happen.

Justin Beiber is rumored to be in a Back To The Future remakeas Marty McFly

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Spider-man 1 and 2 were great.. And the third wasn't bad either..

LikeHaterade

Oh dear... The third almost turned me away from Spider Man comics altogether it was so bad.

Haters gonna hate.