Mia Wasikowska , Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter will reprise their roles, while Rhys Ifans and Sacha Baron Cohen are new additions to the cast.
When Rhys Ifans crosses paths with Peter Parker & Co. as the villain The Lizard in the upcoming Spider-Man reboot, his performance will partially be obscured by CG accoutrements. But one element of the baddie should be a little more recognizable, even after, as Ifans suggests, audio effects will be employed to make him sound even more otherworldly. Not that he needed much help terrifying intrepid MTV reporter Josh Horowitz, as he did when he unleashed a voice akin to Gollum on steroids. Watch and listen for yourself after the jump.
‘Anonymous’ actor Rhys Ifans shows off his terrifying Lizard voice in an exclusive interview with MTV News. By Josh Wigler, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Rhys Ifans Photo: MTV News For Andrew Garfield , becoming your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is as simple as slipping on some red-and-blue tights. For Rhys Ifans , the process of becoming the Lizard — the reptilian nemesis Peter Parker will face in next summer’s “The Amazing Spider-Man” — is considerably trickier. As is the case with so many superhero films these days, Ifans filmed his scenes as the Lizard while wearing a complicated motion-capture suit that will make way for the villain’s scaly visage somewhere along the post-production process. But fans won’t have to look too hard to see Ifans’ performance shine through the presumably CGI-heavy Lizard’s presence: His eyes, facial expressions and — yes — even his voice will be front and center when “Amazing Spider-Man” swings into theaters. “It’s totally my voice,” Ifans told MTV News when asked if we’d be hearing his Lizard voice when the movie arrives next year. “I’m sure the voice will be toyed with in the eventual edits, but when I was shooting the CGI moments, when I wasn’t actually human, when I was Lizard, I looked like a crash-test dummy in a green leotard thing. There were many moments when I had to speak to Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone as the Lizard.” Not content with simply telling us that we’d be hearing his Lizard voice, Ifans one-upped us with one heck of a terrifying exclusive: his first public performance of the Lizard’s voice! “Sooooo prettyyyyy,” he hissed at MTV’s Josh Horowitz, making our fearless reporter very, very uncomfortable. “Beauuuuutiful MTV … ” Perhaps not the most menacing words Ifans could have strung together, but let us assure you, witnessing the incredibly talented “Anonymous” actor’s Lizard drawl firsthand is not an experience we’ll soon forget. If his Lizard voice is even half as terrifying in the final edit of “Amazing Spider-Man” as it was in person, webheads everywhere are going to be very pleased next summer. What do you think of Ifans’ “Spider-Man” voice? Let us know in the comments! Check out everything we’ve got on “The Amazing Spider-Man.” For breaking news and previews of the latest comic book movies — updated around the clock — visit SplashPage.MTV.com .
We caught up with Brad Pitt and son Maddox Jolie-Pitt last night in New York. Papa Pitt was in town for the Clinton Global initiative and after saving the world was complete, he took one of his sons to Dave & Busters for some precious one-on-one time.
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