In fact, there has always been an endless stream of people who want to film "Spider-Man" in Hollywood.

After filming "Terminator 2", James Cameron once wanted to shoot "Spider-Man", the most well-known superhero in the United States.

He even envisioned Edward Furon as the protagonist (the teenager Connor of "Terminator 2"), Governor Schwarzenegger as the villain, and Little Plum as the little green goblin, and then he also drew a scene on the storyboard where the hero and heroine are on the Brooklyn Bridge.

In the end, it was due to the intricacies of copyright issues, and he had no choice but to miss it.

After Marvel went bankrupt, Michael Jackson, who wanted to play Spider-Man, also wanted to buy Marvel for a time to fulfill his superhero dream, but was finally frightened away by Marvel's financial debts.

Just as Sid was discussing the design with the person in charge of the set, costumes, special effects and stunts, Justin Lin walked over with a funny expression on his face.

When Sid saw it, he couldn't help but quip, "Why are you laughing so obscenely, Justin, did you get the phone number of a girl again?"

"Boss-" Justin Lin immediately said helplessly, "You obviously know that my girlfriend is the most jealous of this kind of thing, and you still make fun of me." ”

"Hahaha-" Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they saw Justin Lin's daily complaints after being "abused" by Sid.

"What's going on?" asked Sid.

"There was just a newcomer to the casting group, who was tricked by them, and called to give you a boss. Justin Lin said.

"Give me?what?" asked Sid, curious.

"Mr. Hugo Weaving can't play the villain Green Goblin because of schedule conflicts. Justin Lin explained.

"Because of The Matrix 2?" Sid asked, not surprised.

"Well, yes. Justin Lin nodded.

Speaking of which, the fantasy blockbuster trend of the first decade of 2000 has become popular with popular students such as Keanu Reeves and Orlando Bloom. But Hugo Weaving, who has played an important supporting role in "The Matrix" and "The Lord of the Rings", was also busy with work and popularity for a while.

is one of the few masters who plays villains and supporting roles.

"Then there is no way, let the casting team select the alternative actors according to Hugo Weaving's temperament of both good and evil. Sid said with a shrug.

As the casting of a film project, the so-called natural suitability to play a certain role or something is simply a lie, and the casting team of the crew will always have a candidate ready just in case.

After all, a large investment of hundreds of millions of dollars cannot be wasted because of a few people.

As Sid led the crew in the preparation of "Spider-Man", the casting team's audition work was also in full swing in Los Angeles at the same time.

Because it is an A-level production with hundreds of millions of investments, the casting team has focused on the existing members of the North American Screen Actors Guild from the beginning, who are also rookie actors.

These actors with acting experience and agents are better than those non-union actors who are truly unknown in terms of basic acting skills and ease of negotiation, and they are also fewer in number.

But even with a narrowed target group, the unionized actors sent thousands of auditions to casting groups through their agents and agencies. This kind of deadly workload directly paralyzed the rhythm of the casting team of "Spider-Man" every minute.

Under the massive number of choices, the casting director had to start with the relatively difficult supporting roles to determine the actors, and the old actors who played the upright Uncle Ben and the kind Aunt Mei quickly determined the suitable final candidates.

And Peter Parker's newspaper boss really found JK Simmons to play it, but the remaining four main roles still made the casting team a big headache.

Two weeks later, after arranging the preparation of the set and special effects, Sid returned to Los Angeles and finally got involved in the post-casting work.

"So, this is the shortlist now?" asked Sid, flipping through the paperwork handed over by the casting director.

"Yes, director. The casting director nodded, "The current candidates for the villain Green Goblin are Matthew McConaughey, Willem Dafoe, Colin Firth and Nicolas Cage. ”

Sid flipped through the profiles and photos of the actors and asked, "They've all auditioned for photography." ”

"Yes, these actors on the list were screened after three rounds of auditions. The casting director immediately nodded and said, even for a character like the villain Green Goblin, they received more than 100 pieces of information, and after three rounds of screening, they left the current list.

"They can't all audition. Sid raised his head with a smile, "I don't think that actor Cage will come to the audition interview like those ordinary actors." ”

"Well, Mr. Cage didn't really show up for the interview, but I spoke to his agent, and he said Mr. Cage really wanted to play the role of the Green Goblin. Said the casting director.

Sid shook his head lightly, "I can't afford to invite such a big-name second-class villain, so forget it." ”

Although Nicolas Cage's temperament is both good and evil, even compared with Hugo Weaving, Nicolas Cage, who has starred in "Brave Island", "Changing Face" and "Air Prison" one after another, is no longer a member of the 20 million club.

But it is also one of the most expensive actors, and Sid is too lazy to spend money to invite the Quasi-Buddha to come. Besides, did he come here because he wanted to play the Green Goblin, or because he wanted to pay off his gambling debts?

"In addition, Matthew McConaughey is too young, only thirty-two years old now, and to give birth to a high school graduate like Harry the little Green Goblin, the old Green Goblin must be over forty years old. Sid said as he crossed out another name with a red pen, "So, so be it, for the role of Green Goblin Norman, Colin Firth and Willem Dafoe will come to the final audition." ”

Although the original Willem Dafoe appeared in the final list, Sid didn't want to use it directly, after all, the other candidate was the later Oscar winner Uncle Colin, and Sid also wanted to see if he was a better choice.

Because Sid had a standard in mind, this seemingly complicated final list soon came to a final result under his deletion and adjustment.

Harry Jr. is the final candidate for the Green Goblin, between Heath Ledger, James Frank, and Josh Hartnett.