"Spider-Man 3" Thomas Haden Church Dishes About His Role As Sandman, Director Sam Raimi, & Much MORE!

“”Spider-Man 3” Thomas Haden Church Dishes About His Role As Sandman, Director Sam Raimii, & Much MORE!”

By Arlene R. Weiss © Copyright April 7, 2006

About.com clinched an exclusive interview with “Spider-Man 3’s’” super villain, Sandman/Flint Marko, himself, actor, Thomas Haden Church, which we have posted the link to, for YOU!!

CLICK on the LINK BELOW to READ the FULL INTERVIEW!

http://movies.about.com/od/spiderman3/a/spidey3040606.htm

Church’s discussion with about.com focuses on how very talented and wonderful a Director, Sam Raimi is, (We AGREE!) and Church details at length, much of the current behind the scenes directorial style by Raimi on the film production of “Spider-Man 3”.

Highlights that greatly intrigued us and caught our attention:

Church raves and lauds Raimi to about.com saying, “You know Sam, despite all the airs and graces of this being a hugely successful (film) franchise and action movie and superhero movie, Sam is ultimately, a brilliant actor’s Director….He’s very specific when it comes to performances and he pushes really hard, but it’s very rewarding.”

Church, who tells about.com that he began shooting his scenes in November 2005, says to about.com that “I shot a scene in January that was very emotional for my character....We shot all the coverage all day long. We continued building and building, and then we came back from lunch and we kept building and building. There was a lot of coverage, there was a lot of lighting changes, because there’s a whole kind of thing where a window blows out and a storm blows in and there’s all these effects that had to be captured on camera.”

Church goes on to say that at first, he didn’t quite understand Director Raimi’s methods and what Raimi meant to accomplish with those methods.

Church tells about.com that he vented his frustration and anger, saying “I kind of snapped at a couple of people and I apologized. I felt myself becoming more emotionally aggressive. He (Raimi), then set two cameras on me and we went for a rehearsal. I slammed the stunt guy; I grabbed him and I slammed him really hard into the wall. Sam came over and goes, “You’re ready for your close-up.” He knew exactly what he was doing. That just gave me goose bumps. He knew exactly what he was doing EVERY step of the way all day long. I had like one rehearsal and he’s like, “You’re ready. We can get your close-up first.”, because he knew I was right there and that’s EXACTLY HOW, I had to be in the scene, which was, you know, super aggressive, almost homicidally aggressive.”

Church, in essence, states to about.com that Raimi instinctively knows and taps into the natural moods of his actors, to induce and pull from those very moods, the most spontaneous, intense, electrifying performance from his actors, “waiting and waiting until he saw me get to where I needed to be. And, hey, unbeknownst to me it took me all day to get there, but once I was there, he captured it like that.”

What was that Thomas said about getting goose bumps? We concur with that!

It looks like there will be a heck of a lot MORE goose bumps, chills, and thrills for YOU and US, on this exciting roller coaster ride until “Spider-Man 3” is released!

And we only have to wait until the film’s May 4, 2007 premiere, to experience what we are certain will be, the sure-fireworks of “Spider-Man 3”!!!! Enjoy the ride!

Stay tuned right here. Same blog, same channel, for the latest in “Spider-Man 3” news!

Source:
http://movies.about.com/od/spiderman3/a/spidey3040606.htm

Muse News And Micro Muse April 7, 2006

By Arlene R. Weiss © Copyright April 7, 2006