Spider-Man 3 star Thomas Haden Church had some fun with the film's secrecy during an appearance on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien on Friday night.
"I can't declaratively state what arch-villain I am," Church said. "They did say I can say who the guy is, and the guy's Flint Marko. And anybody who knows the comic book knows that Flint Marko has a doppelganging, arch-villainous kind of doppelganger."
O'Brien told Church "it's all over the Internet" that he's playing Sandman.
Church deadpanned, silent for second, then said, "OK... I may or may not be playing somebody who rhymes with handman. I can't confirm or deny that."
Church said he definitely bulked up for the role.
"When I met with them last year, they said, we probably need you to get in a specific physically state for the movie, do you mind if you take off your shirt," Church said. "I said, 'Not at all.' So I took off my shirt and Sam Raimi, the director, goes, 'We need you to gain about a hundred pounds of muscle.'"
Church said that compounding his problem was that he had gained a bunch of weight for his Oscar-nominated role in Sideways. "That director wanted me to look bloated," he said.
In other Spider-Man 3 news, while Sony still won't confirm an upcoming teaser, look for it to be online early in the week.
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