David Fincher talked to the Guardian Splashpage points out something we missed and we love: did you know?/ what if? scenarios. That shit always fascinates us.
Apparently at length recently, but Sony asked the congenial director to pitch his take on what a “Spider-Man” would be like.
“The thing I liked about Spider-Man was I liked the idea of a teenager, the notion of this moment in time when you’re so vulnerable yet completely invulnerable,” the director said, clearly thinking about the psychology behind Peter Parker far deeper than Sony, Marvel or ever Stan Lee ever had.
Spidey’s origin story however was the one the always-agreeable Fincher couldn’t swallow. “I wasn’t interested in the genesis, I just couldn’t shoot somebody being bitten by a radioactive spider – just couldn’t sleep knowing I’d done that,” he said with typical charm and sparkle [ed. but you know, a man who ages backwards is totally believable].
So what did he pitch exactly? An origin-free “Spider-Man” beginning? He doesn’t say, but note that Sony politely passed. “I went in and told them what I might be interested in doing, and they hated it.”
Don’t expect him to direct “Justice League,” “Avenger 3,” or “X-Men Babies” anytime in the future either. “No, I’m not interested in doing ‘A Superhero’. “