Electro's 616 costume isn't exactly the easiest piece of attire to translate to the big screen. So will we see Jamie Foxx squish into the bright and tight goofy costume or do they have something else in mind? BlackFilm had a chance to ask Jamie Foxx about the costume and it sounds like it might be more inspired by the Ultimate universe costume.

It won’t be green and yellow. It will be a different color. They (the producers) want something for the future. They want to have it more grounded and not as comic bookie, so it won’t be green and yellow. They want to try new things, like a liquid rubber and things like that, and there are all these bolts and stuff in my arms when they are hanging me upside down and trying to figure out what happen. How did he become this way? So, it will be some new stuff.
In the script, this villain is the first time it’s be written really, really well. Andrew Garfield and Marc Webb both commented on how great the script is, so it should be an exciting time.

-Jamie Foxx

"A liquid rubber?" This makes sense for Maxwell Dillon, but could this also be the very early stages of the symbiote? After all, it wasn't an alien in the Ultimate universe... it was created. But back to Electro. What are your thoughts on them apparently keeping a distance from the classic (and campy) 616 costume?

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Source: Blackfilm

Yeah stay away from the classic costume some things look better in cartoons and comics than would in real life. It will interesting to see what the final result looks like.

@judasnixon said:

There's said to be a comic stereotype that black guys always get electric powers.

Liquid Rubber sounds like an idea why he would have a costume in the first place. The guy has electrical problems and cannot control himself (like in that Spider-man cartoon) and so they make a liquid rubber costume to insulate him. And instead it becomes his super villain costume.

I hope he has a scarred up face like the ultimate Electro.

I feel the Ultimate version or something similar would be best.

@Cafeterialoca said:

@judasnixon said:

There's said to be a comic stereotype that black guys always get electric powers.

maybe because they have electrifying dance moves?

@Cafeterialoca said:

@judasnixon said:

There's said to be a comic stereotype that black guys always get electric powers.

Never realized this and this fits Static Shock too.

Can't say I even care anymore. Sure I'll see it, because it's Spiderman, but nothing about this film franchise is interesting to me.

I'm on the fence period of even caring about the sequel. I wouldn't mind Jamie Foxx as a villain (he's a pretty good actor in everything. Example being the film Stealth), and the Ultimate Electro is vastly different enough so as not to mess up the regular 616 Electro.

But after a Saturday Night Live thing involving Django Unleashed, the less I hear what he has to say the better.

My name is Lectro, the "E" is silent :P

"In the script, this villain is the first time it’s be written really, really well."

Irony. :)

Bring on Electro!

@SimonM7 said:

"In the script, this villain is the first time it’s be written really, really well."

Irony. :)

I never expected to see the yellow and green suit anyway.

@Sammo21 said:

I think its a stretch to think that it would have anything to do with the symbiote.

I'm more worried about the fact Emma Stone might die in this movie but not at the hands of the Green Goblin.

I hope she dies at the hands of Green Goblin, maybe she will die in the 3rd movie!

Jamie Foxx really has turned me off to this movie, based upon his "Joke" about how he got to kill all the white men in Django. I'm so sick of actors, racism and politics. I guess making a comment about this makes me a racist political hack too. Go figure. At least I'm not forced to buy a ticket to see this movie.

Meh electro.

@judasnixon said:

Lol. How about....

I'd like to see something like the Ultimate universe look with the blue/white skin like Dr. Manhattan.

I'm pretty excited for this movie. I loved the first one so I'm expecting it to be rad.

Hope this movie ends up being good I loved the first one but I am not a big fan of Electro.

Electro's newest design seen in Ends of The Earth wasn't so bad. I think with a few tweaks it would have worked out okay.

Seems like back in the late '70s... while fighting The Falcon... Electro proved to be a racist.

I guess that won't be a problem in this movie.

Please, just no "tons of tatoos" as most black heroes get thrown on them in comics and movies.

Blade and others.