Denis Leary Talks AMAZING SPIDER-MAN And Reveals If George Stacy Survives To Sequels

Denis Leary Talks AMAZING SPIDER-MAN And Reveals If George Stacy Survives To Sequels: "

Denis Leary was at TCA Press Tour to promote the final season of RESCUE ME when the inevitable AMAZING SPIDER-MAN questions arose. Leary discussed working with Andrew Garfield and whether or not his George Stacy would appear in the officially announced AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2.







Thanks to Collider for the transcription of the interview:

This Spider-Man is darker, but is there some humor in it as well?







LEARY: It’s a darker story, but there are some very funny things in it. Some of them were scripted, and some of them came out of the work.







George Stacy actually really hates Peter Parker in the comics, but what did you think of Andrew Garfield?







LEARY: I loved Andrew. I really did. I thought he was great.







What did you think of him as a superhero?







LEARY: He’s terrific in the role. He was trained as a gymnast, when he was growing up in England, which came in handy. Most of the stunts in the movie are done live, in front of the cameras. There’s a ton of stuff. He’s just a terrific actor. I really loved working with him. I thought he was great. Same thing with Emma [Stone]. They’re actually more mature than I am, so that says a lot. They’re really incredibly talented and really professional. She’s 22 years old. I don’t want to tell you what I was doing when I was 22 years old. I was very impressed by her.

Find out if George Stacy survives past the first AMAZING SPIDER-MAN after the jump!

Are you definitely set for Spider-Man 2 and 3?

LEARY: Yeah. I guess they officially announced it yesterday.







Does Captain Stacy have the walking stick, like he does in the comics?







LEARY: No. Not yet, anyway.







Did you read the old Stan Lee comics to get familiar with them?







LEARY: No, I didn’t. I’m more of a Batman guy. Not the ‘60s Batman, but the really dark Batman. My wife was a Spider-Man nut, which is why I went to the Tobey Maguire ones. I have a good friend, Jeff Garlin, who is a Spider-Man freak, and he was the first guy that said to me, “The first time I met you, I thought you were George Stacy,” and that was 30 years ago. He had an old comic book frame on his computer and he showed it to me, and I was like, “You’re sick!,” and he was like, “No, I’m a Spider-Man freak.” People take it very seriously.







Is your hair the same, or does it go grey like Captain Stacy’s?











LEARY: I don’t know if I’m allowed to say. Every time you say something about this fucking movie, they go crazy.







Is it really that different from the Tobey Maguire films?







LEARY: Yeah. The tone is very different.

So, unless Leary is into misdirection, it appears Captain George Stacy will not meet his fate in the first of the new Spidey films. I can't imagine he survives the entire trilogy, though.







THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN sees release next summer.