Just weeks after stepping into the lead female role in Julie Taymor’s highly scrutinized $65 million musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark , T.V. Carpio is already collecting compliments for her performance as Arachne, a role for which she replaced original cast member Natalie Mendoza following the string of highly publicized accidents and delays that rocked the Broadway community. Movieline spoke exclusively with the film and stage actress today — not long after the news hit that Spider-Man ‘s opening date will be postponed, yet again, to March — in a wide-ranging career-tracking conversation that will be posted in full soon. For now, hit the jump to hear what Carpio had to say in response to Spider-Man ‘s critics.
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Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Actress T.V. Carpio: ‘I Wouldn’t Do It If I Didn’t Feel Safe’