British actor Rhys Ifans provides provides a lot of comic mileage as Spike, William's "slob from hell" flatmate.

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That's Jimmy Hook (Rhys Ifans), a former man-about-town who has washed up in London's East End, from which he plots endlessly to claw his way back into society.

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Also on hand, like a bad angel, is Jed (Rhys Ifans), who was there as the balloon crashed and who subsequently makes it his mission to stalk the unfortunate Joe, apparently in the name of love.

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New to the game are Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), a schoolmate with whom he falls in love, and Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), a one-armed scientist who, in an effort to while away those dull days, turns himself into a lizard the size of a plow horse.

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