SPIDER MAN - EVIL SPIDER-MAN GAVE RAIMI + MAGUIRE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

EVIL SPIDER-MAN GAVE RAIMI + MAGUIRE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

SPIDER-MAN star TOBEY MAGUIRE and director SAM RAIMI suffered sleepless nights while they made the film franchise's third movie - because the cartoon superhero's evil side upset their consciences. Raimi reveals he felt terrible about turning Spider-Man into a vengeful villain in some of the scenes in Spider-Man 3, where Maguire's web-slinging character's red and blue costume turned black. And the fact that he was messing with a hero's goodness left him tossing and turning in his sleep. He tells EW.com, "It was very hard for me, going through days and days of writing and shooting scenes where Spider-Man's affected by his dark side. Tobey felt the same thing. "It was hard for us because we love the goodness within that character." And, as the film is set to break box office records around the world this weekend (ends06May07), Raimi admits he perhaps went a little too far in his attempts to show that Spider-Man isn't all good. He adds, "We probably should have used more restraint."