Bill Nunn

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Rewatchables episodes featuring their films

Spider-Man

2002 film

Van Lathan · Charles Holmes

Aired April 19, 2022

Mentioned in discussions

He Got Game · The Rewatchables ·April 4, 2023

The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award

Bill Nunn

In the discussion (3)

Approx. transcript time · 01:33:31Read transcript

• Uncle Bubba's shouted betrayal scene is used to make the overacting case.
• Bill Nunn is named as the primary choice despite affection for the performer.
• Jim Brown is reluctantly added as another overacting candidate.

Spider-Man · The Rewatchables ·April 19, 2022

Recasting Couch

Cillian Murphy as Harry Osborn; Bryce Dallas Howard or Scarlett Johansson as Mary Jane; Samuel L. Jackson as Norman Osborn; Tyrese as Harry Osborn

In the discussion (5)

Approx. transcript time · 01:06:47Read transcript

• Cillian Murphy is proposed to recast Harry Osborne, since the character lands better in Spider-Man 3 when he turns evil.
• Kirsten Dunst never quite worked as Mary Jane for one host; Bryce Dallas Howard or Scarlett Johansson is proposed, and a birth-year check settles that Johansson was old enough.
• With Bill Nunn and Octavia Spencer as the only Black actors, the goal is to add Black actors to the film. — Van Lathan
• Samuel L. Jackson as Norman and Tyrese as Harry would add a racial undertone to the Mary Jane triangle. — Van Lathan
• A comic-accurate addition gives both Jackson and Tyrese waves in their hair.

Films in the archive

Spider-Man

2002