00:00It is a dream job. Were you competing with a lot of guys, or was it just right from the get-go you were going to be Spider-Man?
00:05In Sam's mind, I think I was the guy, but the studio wasn't sold on me.
00:11It was a bit of a process, but first we did an audition on videotape in a little room, and they got it.
00:19It took them a couple weeks to see it.
00:21Were you insulted?
00:22My ego was rubbed a little bit.
00:24Who did they want in the role? Who were they suggesting?
00:26I don't know. I heard so many names, but it was all rumors as far as I knew.
00:30But this was the role you wanted.
00:31I wanted to do it, and they saw the tape, and they said, well, we know he can act.
00:36We want to see him do an action scene.
00:38Right.
00:38So we did a proper screen test, and I wore a blue unitard, and the unitard compresses your muscles, so you couldn't see definition.
00:47I was in pretty good shape, so I peeled the thing down and tied it off of my waist and did the fight scene topless.
00:53I thought you were terrific in the movie.
00:55Great Peter Parker.
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