As I reported earlier, there at least over 20 minutes of deleted scenes from the upcoming Blu-Ray/DVD release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Well, courtesy of Yahoo! Movies UK, Sony had given them an “exclusive” deleted scene, this one featuring a pre-Electro Max Dillon (Jamie Foxx) and his bed-ridden, verbally abusive mom, which you can watch HERE.
They also have made available a behind-the-scenes clip showing the make-up process involved in turning Jamie Foxx into Electro.
Personally, while I do think the deleted scene gives Max Dillon additional motivation for why he goes off the deep end when he becomes Electro, I’m glad this ended up being cut from the final film for several reasons. First because had it been included, the beats in the scene where Max is celebrating his birthday would have been far too long. Second, it would have felt redundant since we get a similar scene with Max at OsCorp minutes later. And finally, because this scene comes off as mean-spirited, if not downright offensive, instead of comical as was clearly intended.
However, if you disagree, or have any thoughts about the deleted scene in general, or about the pain-staking make-up process Foxx underwent, feel free to comment down below.
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No, but the ghost of Jon Peters haunted the ASM2 set demanding that a giant spider be added to the third act.
Did Mark Webb hire a talking spider to join the main cast but scrapped it at the last minute?
That’ll do, pig. That’ll do.
SOME PIG
Would have been lipstick on a pig, but at least it might have seemed like the pig was trying….
I like this scene, Max Dillon really needed more establishment in this movie, and I would have been satisfied with this.
I think the scene actually adds to Max’s character. It shows he has a terrible/depressing home life as well, and his mom even forgets his birthday, which adds to his neurosis and makes the Times Square scene where he snaps on Spidey more convincing (all of that bad emotion building up, on his birthday of all days, which no one seemed to remember, even his mom). Him imagining being aggressive wouldn’t have been redundant I think, it would’ve been more of a recurring motif than a one-off gag and would’ve also added a layer to Max’s character, that he had a hidden violent tendency (as opposed to just the one time with Smythe which felt like a joke because it was the only time it was used).
@George: I had one pair of hand-me-down pants from an older cousin made out of some sort of material I’m certain was spun from the back hair of Satan.
With the type of humor they were going for in this clip, I’m surprised they didn’t get Tyler Perry to play Max’s mother.
As a child of the 70’s we often wore pants that weren’t too far off from that couch. And it was a living hell.
We had that same style couch when I was a kid. I swear, it felt like that thing was made of burlap.