As Captain George Stacey, Denis Leary may have been one of the more unexpected actors to pop up in the upcoming "The Amazing Spider-Man," as his trademark cynicism isn't the most immediately identifiable trait in the responsible policeman. But that's what acting is for, isn't it? It doesn't even matter if Leary wasn't the biggest Spider-Man fan while growing up, as he admitted in a recent interview.
"I never read Spider-Man comics as a kid," he told the Los Angeles Times. "I was always more of a Batman guy. But my wife has always loved the Spider-Man character and found the working class ethos, the young teenager turning into a man melodrama and his orphan back story intriguing — as did I once she'd introduced me to the series. He's far from a billionaire and he's born of this world — it's easy to struggle to identify with."
With that in mind, it's easy to understand Leary's pick for a favorite "Spider-Man" comic. "'Amazing Spider-Man,' Volume 1, #56 from 1968," he said. "It includes the introduction of George Stacy. Without that issue I ain't getting cast into a Spider-Man movie."
Well, fair enough. Previously, Leary expressed admiration for his younger co-stars, Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield, saying that they were far more professional than he was at the same age. That might be true, as he also offered up an anecdote about being compared to Stacey by a friend when they were both struggling 20-somethings, only to see it pay dividends some 30 years later. If that's the type of thing he's remembering from his younger years, well, we've all got to start somewhere.
"The Amazing Spider-Man" comes out on July 3.
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