“I didnt know that I could face it again,” says Sam Raimi.
The 2007 filmSpider-Man 3is apparently still a raw topic of conversation forSam Raimi.
ButSpider-Man 3was… unique.
Tobey Maguire in ‘Spider-Man 3’.Columbia Pictures
Maguire’s famous dancing moment was even lampooned in the 2018 animated movieSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Raimi himself admitted multiple times to the press that he “messed up” on that movie.
There were other issues withSpider-Man 3, though.
Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange and Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man.Jay Maidment/Marvel Studios; Merie W. Wallace/Columbia
“But then, I found out that there was an opening onDoctor Strange 2.”
“They’re really demanding, those types of pictures.
And I felt, ‘Well, that’s reason enough,'” he said.
“I’ve always really liked the character of Doctor Strange.
He was not my favorite, but he was right up there with the favorites.
I loved the first movie.
I thought Scott Derrickson did a wonderful job, an incredible job.
So I said, ‘Yeah.’
They left the character in a great place.
I didn’t think I would be doing another superhero movie.
It just happened.”
