10 Movie Villains That Were Total Fanboys
2. Electro - The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man fans were extremely excited when Jamie Foxx was cast as Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but that enthusiasm quickly melted away within minutes of meeting him in the movie.
As it turns out, the baffling decision was made to re-imagine Max Dillon as an ultra-nerdy, lonesome Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield) fan, who after being rescued by the web-slinger at the start of the movie develops a deeply unhealthy obsession with him.
Max comes to believe that they're best friends and even creates his own obscenely creepy Spider-Man shrine, but after an accident transforms him into Electro, his new-found abilities turn him into a power-drunk Bad Guy.
Were he not so pathetically obsessed with Spider-Man Max would've been a sympathetic-ish antagonist, and considering how poorly received this aspect of his characterisation was, it's little surprise it was dropped entirely for his re-appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Hiring an actor as cool and badass as Jamie Foxx to play a sweaty, fawning nerd sure is... a choice alright.