By Hindustan Times
The Amazing Spider-Man director, Marc Webb has turned keen on actor Irrfan. While Irrfan has maintained that his role within the big-ticket Hollywood release is short, Webb claims that his role within the Spidey flick is a commanding one. “I’m an enormous fan of Irrfan. He plays Dr Ratha, an overly sophisticated scientist. He's Dr Curt Connors’ (The Lizard’s) boss. He has a task to do and he works for Norman Osborn (in his company Oscorp) and could be very emphatic in his agenda. To me, Irrfan was the easiest choice for that,” Webb, 37, told us over the telephone from Los Angeles.
Webb added that Irrfan’s screen presence was emphatic. Asked if his character was evil, he said, “I wouldn't call his character an excellent guy or the bad guy ... he plays a very powerful role in Conner’s transformation because the Lizard (the villain). Irrfan provides the pressure.”
Irrfan, on his part, has not spoken about his role, and underplayed its importance. “In Hollywood, they call it a pivotal role as it moves the tale in some way, but I don’t think it’s very big,” he said recently. The movie opens in India on June 29, four days before it hits US.
