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<\/a>The Raimi era was over and Sony needed a new director to take over the reins. The found him in a director with only one film credit to his name, and that was a quirky romantic comedy.<\/p>\nOutside of a handful of music videos, the only credit on Marc Webb\u2019s resume was 2009\u2019s (500) Days of Summer<\/b>. That film made a splash, but it\u2019s not the kind of film you\u2019d expect would inspire confidence in directing action films.<\/p>\n
But Webb got the job nonetheless and began the process of building a script around a screenplay written by Alvin Sargent, James Vanderbilt, and Steve Cloves. The Lizard would be the main villain, although two other villains\u2014Proto-Goblin and Big Wheel were also considered. Gwen Stacy would be the romantic interest instead of Mary Jane Watson in this go around.<\/p>\n
Webb began to looking for a cast for his movie. For the teenage Peter, he chose British actor Andrew Garfield. Garfield was 27 at the time he was cast, making him older than Tobey Maguire when he was cast as Peter Parker. Emma Stone was chosen for Gwen Stacy, with Rhys Ifans playing Curt Connors\/the Lizard, and Martin Sheen and Sally Field playing Peter\u2019s Uncle Ben and Aunt May.<\/p>\n