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Random Trivia For This Title: - The World Trade Center Towers can be seen in the background of some scenes and once in the reflection of Spider-Man's eye. The makers of the film chose not to remove them digitally.
- When Peter Parker is testing out his webbing for the first time, he makes several classic comic book catch-phrases, most notably "Up, Up and Away Web!" (Superman) and "Shazam!" (Captain Marvel). Tobey Maguire ad-libbed these lines, which were not in the original script.
- The scene in which Peter Parker catches Mary Jane's lunch on the tray involved no CGI. With the help of a sticky substance to keep the tray planted on his hand, Tobey Maguire eventually (after many takes) performed the stunt exactly as seen.
- Scenes of New Yorkers throwing trash at the Green Goblin and Spider-Man perched alongside the American flag were added after 11 September 2001 to reflect the city's sense of unity and patriotism.
- Entered into The Guinness Book of World Records as having the "Highest Box Office Gross in a Single Day", taking in $43.6 million on its second day of release.
- When Jameson's subordinates are trying to tell him about Spider-Man, one of them says, "Eddie's been trying to get a picture of him for weeks." This is a reference to Eddie Brock, who in the comics is a rival photographer to Peter Parker and ultimately becomes the villain named Venom.
- Both Tobey Maguire and Willem Dafoe incorporated a Yoga technique called Ashtanga into their training regimens for this film. "Ashtanga" translates into English as "Eight Legged".
- The famous line spoken by Uncle Ben ("With great power comes great responsibility") first appears in the 1976 short story {Bicentennial Man} by Isaac Asimov.
- Several names that were considered for various parts (some more seriously than others) over the years in which this project was in development include:
Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, and Edward Norton as the Goblin; James Franco, Leonardo DiCaprio, Freddie Prinze Jr., Scott Speedman, [?] Jay Rodan, [?] Scott Leva, and Charlie Sheen as Peter Parker/Spiderman; [?] Marion Ross as Aunt May; [?] Tony Scott, [?] Jan de Bont, James Cameron, Roland Emmerich, Ang Lee, David Fincher, and Chris Columbus as Director. - Several names that were considered for the role of Mary Jane (some more seriously than others) over the years in which this project was in development include: Alicia Witt, [?] Mena Suvari, Eliza Dushku, [?] Elisha Cuthbert, [?] Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ally Sheedy, Jodie Foster, [?] Natasha Richardson, Phoebe Cates, [?] Tatum O'Neal, [?] Bridget Fonda, [?] Lori Loughlin, Diane Lane, Sarah Jessica Parker, Brooke Shields, Kyra Sedgwick, [?] Justine Bateman, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, [?] Molly Ringwald, Jennifer Aniston, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, [?] Christina Applegate, Cameron Diaz, [?] Alyssa Milano, Tori Spelling, Neve Campbell, [?] Tiffani Thiessen, [?] Alyson Hannigan, and Drew Barrymore
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