Spider-Man 2 Bloopers Show a Goofy Tobey Maguire and Reveal Just How Nice Sam Raimi Really Is

I sat down with Lorena Abreu, who worked as a stunt double in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, to react to a Spider-Man 2 bloopers and gag reel video posted by Film Is Now Movie Bloopers and Extras. It is the kind of footage that lets you see the cast breaking character, and it ended up sparking some fun behind the scenes stories from both of us.

Right away we noticed Ted Raimi, Sam Raimi's brother, showing up in a huge number of the flubbed takes. I joked that he is lucky his brother is the director, saying "he messed up a lot, he's lucky that sam's brother jeez." We also picked up on how much Tobey Maguire's look in the film echoes Neo from The Matrix, noting the timing lines up since Spider-Man 2 came out in the post Matrix era, even while acknowledging the costume is obviously rooted in the comics too.

Alfred Molina's Doc Ock Outtakes Come Across as Pure Good Vibes

A lot of our attention went to Alfred Molina, whose outtakes as Doc Ock made him seem like one of the most likable people on set. We could not quite remember whether his character's mechanical arms or fake teeth popping out was scripted or an accident, since it kept happening take after take, but either way we agreed he seemed to be having a great time. I did wish the compilation had shown more context, cutting between the blooper and the final edited scene so you could see how it actually landed in the movie.

Tobey Maguire Goofing Around Is a Rare Sight, and I Mentioned His Spider-Man 4 Comments

Watching Tobey Maguire let loose in these outtakes stood out to me since I described him as a very serious actor and said I had never seen blooper footage of him before. That reminded me of an interview I had watched where Maguire talked about Spider-Man 4 before it was canceled, speaking about it as though he genuinely expected to make the movie and was excited to work with Sam Raimi again, which lines up with the easy dynamic visible in this reel.

Lorena and I Both Have Firsthand Stories About How Kind Sam Raimi Is

Lorena shared that her first feature, even though it was just reshoot work, involved working directly with Raimi, and she came away impressed. "he was just such good vibes very collaborative very kind," she said, adding that if a cameraman set up a shot he had not asked for, he would simply say he did not remember requesting it rather than get frustrated. I chimed in with my own memory from years earlier, when I was a background extra in the Randy Savage wrestling scene on the first Spider-Man film and got to meet Raimi in person. "he was the nicest dude like super super nice super down to earth," I said, remembering him in a suit with a coffee in hand.

Do you think Sony should have run a full Raimi trilogy marathon in theaters before No Way Home, given how many characters from those films returned?