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Op vrijdag 20 april 2007 09:09 schreef SaintOfKillers het volgende:Ondertussen zijn er hier en daar al reviews te lezen, zowel positief als negatief. Wat ik wel interessant vind, is dat sommigen beweren dat het lijkt alsof Raimi veel meer liefde had voor het Sandman-personage dan voor Venom, dat het lijkt alsof Venom hem werd opgedrongen. Het zou wel jammer zijn als dat klopt.
SHH!: The Venom character was not one from your comic book experience, but you found a way to integrate him. How long did it take you to get a handle on the character and figure out what to do with him?
Raimi: To finish that question and lead into yours, that's how the Sandman came about. We tried to develop a character that would represent a conflict for our hero. Once we finished the story, Avi our producer and partner and the former head of Marvel comic books, said, "Sam listen, you are so aware of all of these '70s villains, but you really need to incorporate Venom into this story because the fans really love Venom and don't be so selfish with villains that you know and love." So I said, "okay." I didn't understand that much about Venom because I hadn't really read as a kid. So I went to school on Venom and Avi taught me a lot about Venom and then Alvin Sargent, our screenwriter, he really was the voice of Venom and the writing of the screenplay and he showed me who he was. Then Topher Grace brought another life to the character until finally I had to go to school on all of these people being my teacher as to who he was and trying to satisfy the comic book fans and incorporate Venom into the story.
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