Check out the interview below, which has been lightly edited for clarity.Spider-Man: Far From Homeopens July 2nd.
So how do you manage your time between this, between Lion King, and between Star Wars?
This is really a fun one, too, and I like working with Jon again.
I do want to say I saw Lion King footage at D23.
FAVREAU: Did you?
Yeah, it looks amazing.
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FAVREAU: Thank you.
We’re really giving them the time to do it right.
That was relatively early footage, rushed for that event, because we wanted to get it out.
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But I’m here working with them.
It’s a lot of the same people we worked with on Jungle Book, so we’re …
It’s a very cool, efficient way of working.
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You’ll be the judge.
That’s the plan.
Jon, what is Happy’s role in this?
FAVREAU:… and a lot more of the Hagrid.
But I’m having a lot of fun, because I know a lot of the actors.
I really liked how Homecoming came out.
What kind of technology is your character looking at in this movie, like within the universe?
What can you say about how that kind of stuff in evolving?
But I know enough to … What’s going on here?
I can guess with you.
I don’t know anything.
How has Happy’s relationship with Peter changed?
Every little thread plays out into other things, so my neighbor was Clark Gregg.
I asked him to play a S.H.I.E.L.D.
So nothing’s wasted.
So, Happy’s not a traditional chaperone.
What is he doing in this one?
Now, I kind of am, because it’s with the kid, so I am.
I wasn’t kidding.
I was just joking.
I was like I’m kind of Hagrid here.
They’re like, yeah, you’re kind of in the [inaudible] movie from Harry Potter.
[crosstalk] they serve us.
We get butterbeer for lunch.
Does he protect Peter, or is he going to protect everyone?
I’m like, that’s actually not a spear.
It’s a halberd, like knowing what every weapon in there is.
I remember from my Dungeons & Dragons days.
So it’s kind of fun.
It’s a punch line.
Would you ever jump back in the sandbox and direct one?
FAVREAU: I mean, nowadays, who knows with all the different platforms and the streaming service.
