David Fincher talked to the Guardian Splashpage points out something we missed and we love: did you know?/ what if? scenarios. That shit always fascinates us.
Apparently at length recently, but Sony asked the congenial director to pitch his take on what a “Spider-Man” would be like.
“The thing I liked about Spider-Man was I liked the idea of a teenager, the notion of this moment in time when you’re so vulnerable yet completely invulnerable,” the director said, clearly thinking about the psychology behind Peter Parker far deeper than Sony, Marvel or ever Stan Lee ever had.
Spidey’s origin story however was the one the always-agreeable Fincher couldn’t swallow. “I wasn’t interested in the genesis, I just couldn’t shoot somebody being bitten by a radioactive spider – just couldn’t sleep knowing I’d done that,” he said with typical charm and sparkle [ed. but you know, a man who ages backwards is totally believable].
So what did he pitch exactly? An origin-free “Spider-Man” beginning? He doesn’t say, but note that Sony politely passed. “I went in and told them what I might be interested in doing, and they hated it.”
Don’t expect him to direct “Justice League,” “Avenger 3,” or “X-Men Babies” anytime in the future either. “No, I’m not interested in doing ‘A Superhero’. “
I’ve been accused of hating David Fincher. And let’s set the record straight: I LOVE David Fincher and he pretty much gives me intense joy every time he opens his amiable little mouth.
I love Fincher, but anyone who has cast Jared Leto more than once probably shouldn’t scoff at another director’s choices.
I believe the EW story at the time of the original film said that Fincher wanted to tell Spidey’s origin in the first five minutes of the movie, which got him booted from a meeting.
At this moment, do you think Sony would take Fincher over Raimi? Me thinks yes. Of course, the last movie made a hell of a lot of money, which seems to be what almost all studios care about.
Fincher is a dick. Raimi can be strongarmed into including a character as stupid as Venom into one of his films. Sony will take Raimi ten out of ten times.