10 Woefully Miscast Actors In Comic Book Movies

Electro was first introduced by Marvel in 1964 and has been a long-time foe of Spider-Man ever since. In the Amazing Spider-Man 2, Maxwell Dillon, played by Jamie Foxx, is a ‘nobody’ who idolises Spider-Man initially, but once he gains his powers after falling into a pool of electric eels (best not to think too much about it), he calls himself Electro and finally has an opportunity to make people take notice of him.

The problem is that we are meant to buy Jamie Foxx as nerdy outsider Max, whereas in almost every other film he is confident, popular and usually the coolest guy in the room.

The very idea of the character goes completely against the parts Jamie Foxx typically plays, and in order to demonstrate this he takes on the archetypal persona of a 'geek' with his clunky glasses, receding hairline and wonky teeth. If the idea is to portray Max as a lonely outsider, then why cast Jame Foxx?

Besides this, in a film juggling with so many other ideas already, including the romance of Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy, the death of Norman Osborn and the teasing of the Sinister Six, you really could have dropped Electro entirely from the plot and it would have not made a difference.