Sunday, January 27, 2008

Movie Trivia...Spider-man

SPIDER-MAN 1:

1. James Franco who played Harry Osborn, originally auditioned for Peter Parker.

2. In the movie, the Green Goblin throws Mary Jane off the George Washington bridge instead of Gwen Stacy like in the Comics.

3. Eddie Brock (Venom) was mentioned briefly during a scene in the Daily Bugle.

4. The way the Goblin was killed in the movie (stabbed by his own glider) was the same way he was killed in the comics.

5. The hand grenades that the goblin uses in the movie where originally called "Pumpkin Bombs" in the comics.

6. Was the first Marvel movie to show the flipping pages as the Marvel logo.

7. The actor who played the announcer for the wrestling match can also be seen as the doorman in Spider-man 2 and the waiter in Spider-man 3.

8. Leonardo DiCaprio was considered for the role of Peter Parker before Toby McGuire.

9. Nicolas Cage was offered the role of the Green Goblin.

10. Spider-man originally has web shooters in the comics, but doesn't in the movie.

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