It’s very sad to hear of the death of brilliant actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman. In addition to being a great actor and father, he also was a Spider-Man fan. Sean Howe recently posted this picture of Hoffman in college. If you look behind him you’ll see two Amazing Spider-Man comics on the wall.
Also I’d been holding onto this picture I found awhile back of Hoffman taking his kids trick or treating. I think he would of been a great Spider-villain, perhaps Doc Ock? We’ll unfortunately never know.
Brad Douglas
View articlesBrad created the Crawlspace back in 1998 while attending college at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He’s the webmaster and writes front page news items, and also produces, hosts and edits the podcast. He’s been collecting Spider-Man comics since the age of three and is a life-long fan of the webhead. His website has been featured in USA Today, Entertainment Weekly and on Marvel.com and inside the comics themselves. The Crawlspace is one of the first Spider-Man fan sites to ever hit the internet. Millions of people visit the site every year.
Brad has interviewed several “Spider-Celebrities” over the years including co-creator Stan Lee. He’s also interviewed actors who have portrayed Spider-Man like Paul Soles (Voice Actor from the 67 Spider-Man Cartoon), Dan Gilvezan (Spidey Voice Actor from Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends) ,Yuri Lownthal (Voice Actor from the Spider-Man PlayStation game) and Nicholas Hammond (Spider-Man 1977 Actor).
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The Smith family are Spider-Fans. Look how young Jayden is in this picture from 2002.
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