Paul Giamatti as the Rhino May Be the Greatest Casting of All Time
But then I liked the announcement that Topher Grace would be Venom, so maybe my opinion is just plain dumb.
Seriously though, the Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Giamatti is in talks to play the Rhino in Amazing Spider-Man 2. The guy from Sideways is going to be the freakin’ Rhino! This guy!
Two great tastes that will taste great together
First of all, awesome news that the Rhino is going to be in the sequel. We already knew about Jamie Foxx as Electro, which is cool, but the Rhino too? That’s just as badass, if not more so. I love the Rhino. He’s just so…so…a lot of things, really. He’s a cool villain. Big, brawny and a lot of trouble. I loved the fight scenes in the first Amazing Spider-Man, and I think they could do even bigger and better with the Rhino. So I am totally on board with him as a villain.
It’s the Paul Giamatti part that’s just so weird! Don’t get me wrong, I love Paul Giamatti. But as the Rhino!?
Who in their right mind considered Giamatti for the Rhino?
I could picture Giamatti doing this
How are they even going to do Rhino? Will he be CGI/motion capture like the Hulk in The Avengers? That could work. Maybe he’ll be like the Scorpion King, with Giamatti’s digital face implanted onto a big CGI Rhino. I don’t know. All I do know is that this is either insane casting or brilliant casting.
What do you guys and girls think?
Posted on January 29, 2013, in Marvel, Movies, Spider-Man and tagged Amazing Spider-Man 2, Paul Giamatti, Rhino. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
Henchman-4-Hire 
I think they are putting too many villains in one movie so maybe they won’t be able to give them as much screen time as I want, if they manage to pull it off then great, but I’m starting to have my doubts.
Having 2 villains in the sequel is a superhero movie tradition. Except with the first Spider-Man trilogy. Hmmm…
Maybe, but they said that they wanted to kill Gwen in this movie so unless they plan to make Rhino or Electro kill her, there is a chance they’ll have 3 supervillains.
Good point. They have cast Harry Osborn.