![]() ![]() There's that famous shot of Dirk Diggler realizing he's in Hell and the only way to escape is by panicking. But he made sure to include one final piece that took our star to the lowest step of the ladder. We were already shaken by the rotten dynamics of the adult film industry and its consequences, we just wanted to rest. Tension was supposed to be part of drug dealing, but Anderson's portrayal of a dangerous and stupid drug deal is a meticulous exercise of anxiety that rattled everyone in the movie theater back then. Reagan was in office, but hard drugs were part of LA's scene at every level possible. This was a period of transition from the '70s to the '80s. And the fans are obviously enjoying it too, which is great.The music helps to position you in a certain moment in time. But ultimately it's what you end up with on the screen, and I think it's pretty decent. I quickly logged off, and I stayed away from the fansites after that. I thought this was good so I carried on scrolling down, and the second message said something like: "Who the hell's Alfred Molina, I've never heard of him?!?" And then the third one was, "He was that fat bloke in Frida." Then they got progressively worse, and less friendly. It worked the first time, so it all bodes well, it's obviously a good idea." It was a very, very positive message. I logged on to one of these websites, and the first message was someone saying: "How good it was that Sam Raimi has stuck to his game plan of hiring an experienced stage actor to play the villain. This was just when it had been announced that I was playing Doc Ock, which was actually after we'd started. ![]() ![]() But I wasn't aware of it on any personal level until a friend of mine called and told me to check out the fan websites. Well I knew there was going to be a lot of interest, a big circus was about to hit town. Has being involved in the film introduced you to the obsessive level of fandom they inspire? And Doc Ock is, to all intents and purposes, an American. Alan Rickman was a German in Die Hard, while Gary Oldman has played lots of villains - and he's been every nationality under the sun. But even though British actors have still played those parts in recent years, they've started widening in terms of ethnicity. They were often played as ladies' men, or slightly sardonic and rather witty. There was a certain style of playing those bad guys in the past, they were always rather suave and urbane, and there was something rather attractive about them. That's one particular stereotype I'm very happy to endorse - I find it very remunerative! It's a long tradition. And I liked Thor a lot, too.īut here you're playing Doc Ock, so we have another Englishman cast as the villain in a Hollywood blockbuster. I always fancied being like him, because I thought he was really cool. There was a wonderful hero called Silver Surfer. Was there a particular character you longed to be? But there was something about the Marvel characters, it must have had something to do with the artwork or something. I could never understand why people didn't cotton on. ![]() He looked the same! Clark Kent looked like Superman except he had glasses on. I could never understand why no one ever recognised Superman. Not that I was aware of that at the time, but I do remember being more attracted to them. The Marvel comics were always harder to find, but so much more glamorous somehow. I guess I must have been about 12 or 13, when I started getting pocket money on a regular basis, that I started lashing out on Marvel and DC Comics. And then of course they started selling them here, but they were quite expensive so I don't think I was able to get them regularly. My Dad was in the Merchant Navy when I was very, very young and he must have brought some back with him. Were you a comicbook fan before embarking on Spider-Man 2? He most recently enjoyed an acclaimed run in the Broadway production of Fiddler On The Roof, and gets his most high profile gig as Doc Ock in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2. Major roles have come in Letter To Brezhnev, Prick Up Your Ears, Species, Boogie Nights, Chocolat, and Frida. The 51-year-old Londoner has enjoyed success on stage, television, and, most enduringly, on film. From a fleeting screen debut in Raiders Of The Lost Ark, English actor Alfred Molina has built an impressively diverse list of credits. ![]()
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