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"Studio cut this scene. Said it made Electro 'too sympathetic.' Test audiences wanted a 'bigger villain.' What they really wanted was a monster. So I saved the man instead. — Uploaded by archive_user_47921 (Dad)."

"You think I wanted this?" Max whispered. His voice wasn't booming. It was small. Lonely. "You think I wanted to be a monster? I just wanted someone to remember my name. That’s all. One person." the amazing spider-man 2 internet archive

"I do," said Peter.