The Amazing Spider-Man 2: 24 Easter Eggs, References & In-Jokes You Need To See

14. Avi Arad's Cameo?

As Electro makes his way to Time Square before Spider-Man confronts him, we see several establishing crowd shots of collected New Yorkers noticing his powers and reacting. One of those New Yorkers carries a TV camera, and though he is only on screen for a moment, he has the same long hair and facial hair of the supremo behind Spider-Man's movies, Avi Arad - though not the iconic John Lennon-like sunglasses. It's hard to immediately tell whether it is Arad, but the similarity is striking.