I’ve always liked Thomas Haden Church all the way back to his days on Wings (man that was an under appreciated show!) By now you all know that Church is playing the villain Sandman in Spider-Man 3. What I didn’t know was a funny conversation that took place between Church and Sam Raimi (the director) just after he was cast for the role.
The good folks over at Digital Spy give us this:
Church reportedly said, “When I met with the producers and director last year they said, ‘We probably need you to get in a specific physical shape for the movie. Do you mind taking your shirt off?’
I took my shirt off and the director Sam Raimi said ‘We’re going to need you to gain about 100 pounds of muscle. You’ve come here today with the physique of a fishwife and that doesn’t fit our scheme.'”
Oh man that’s funny. Well.. from the looks of the pictures I’ve seen it does indeed look like the man bulked up a lot. No, not 100 pounds of muscle… but bigger for sure. Can’t wait to see this thing.
