Picking J.K. Simmons to play J. Jonah Jameson was a genius decision.
When I first saw Whiplash, it was like filmmaker Damien Chazelle cracked open my brain with a lightning bolt and splattered the results on screen. Miles Teller stars as Andrew Neiman, an aspiring jazz drummer at a prestigious university who needs to be among the greatest musicians of all time. His unorthodox guidepost? J.K. Simmons, in an Oscar-winning role as Terence Fletcher, a jazz teacher who resorts to terror, torture, and rage to get his players where they need to be. The search for jazz excellence thus becomes a simultaneously visceral and psychological thriller — one that reminded me …
Will he be coming for Spider-Man?
There’s more J. Jonah Jameson on the way, folks. Superhero fans were given a delicious surprise in the end credits for Sony and Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Far from Home, which saw J.K. Simmons reprising his iconic role as J. Jonah Jameson from Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy albeit with a twist. The J. Jonah Jameson who inhabits the world of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man is a bit more tethered to reality than the one from Raimi’s trilogy of Tobey Maguire movies, as Jameson appeared at the very end of Far from Home to reveal …
The Oscar-winner recalls his "nerve-wracking" Spider-Man audition.
He's a criminal, that's who he is! A vigilante! A public menace!
What do J. Jonah Jameson and Darth Maul have in common? They recently appeared in cameo roles in their respective universes and risk not coming back.
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