“He was a little jealous!” : JK Simmons shares a delicious anecdote about his iconic role in the Spider-Man saga

For more than 30 years, J.K. Simmons is making her presence felt on both the small and big screens. From the ultra-violent and iconic series Oz via Juno, to his terrifying composition as the tyrannical Professor Whiplash, to Zack Snyder’s Justice League, where he played Commissioner Gordon, the actor has been able to show the versatility of his talents.

But the general public really discovered him thanks to a role that was both delicious and brilliantly funny. that angry and overly excited J. Jonah Jameson, newspaper boss Daily Buglewhich he played in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy. To say he impressed as a character is an understatement.

Here’s a small collection of his verbal outbursts and vending machine deliveries, just for fun…

“He admitted he was a little jealous!”

The composition and the character are so iconic that his burst of laughter has become an entire meme. In A recent career interview given on the GQ siteThe actor logically returns to this delicious composition, which he also renews at the request of Kevin Feige in the films Spider-Man – Far From Home and Spider-Man: no Way Home. And to say that Stan Lee himself, who is used to making cameos in Marvel films, wanted the role himself!

“I’ve never met Stan and I didn’t even know it, and it’s obvious to anyone who’s really been paying attention or is smarter than me that Jonah Jameson was based on Stan. You know, the comic version of himself. He admitted at the time that he was a little jealous that he was cast in the movie. They did not ask to perform!

And to quote Stan Lee’s compliment about his performance: “But seeing you in character I thought you were fantastic!” A very nice compliment came from the master, which Simmons was able to hang on the button.