
Sam Raimi does a brief Q&A with Wizard Entertainment about the 'Spider-Man 3' DVD release.
Wizard asked the main man if he still has the kind of passion for the character that he had when he started working on 'Spider-Man' eight years ago.
"I’m just as excited about the character, and so in that sense, yes. Although the physical energy level between how I felt before I started shooting versus what was left of me on the last day of photography, I was so exhausted at the end of 'Spider-Man 3' I can’t tell you. My love for the characters and my passion for the stories are the same, but I was just a shell of the person that I was after all of those movies."
Raimi was also asked if he had a successor in mind to replace him on future installments of the franchise.
"Because I love Spider-Man I would just say—I don’t want to pick someone. I don’t know if I’ll be directing the picture or not, but I’d like to say that it would be somebody that was the best gift I could give to Spider-Man—someone who understands him and loves him and could bring his passion and love to the character. A character director probably; no one else."