Comic book fans were doubtlessly shocked when  it emerged Jamie Foxx was to play iconic villain Electro.

But that will surely change to excitement  when they see his first appearance as the character in the new Amazing  Spider-Man 2 trailer.

The 45-year-old makes his grand entrance in a  highly charged short scene which only hints at the characters true level of  power.

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And it seems Jamie brings some of his  trademark cockiness to his portrayal of the role.

Despite the fact he is stuck in some kind of  restraining machine, though it could also be a device for charging his powers,  he seems confident it will not be able to hold him forever.

He tells a mysterious off-screen character:  ‘I feel it in my veins. No matter what you do doc, you can’t contain  it.

 

 

‘You wanna know how powerful I am? Well I  would love to. I’m Electro.’

He looks far removed from the delightfully  larger-than-life villain whose schemes would always end in disaster at the hands of Spider-Man in  the original comic books.

Maxwell Dillon, an electrical engineer and  lineman, was repairing a power line, a freak lightning accident caused a  mutagenic change that transformed him into a living electrical capacitor, and he  later decides to take advantage of this and become Electro.

However Jamie’s version of the character is  based on the Ultimate universe version, whose powers are  a product of bioengineering,  has a bald head and grotesque burn scars.

 

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