Thomas Haden Church

Age 44

Mustworthiness After reminding the world he could really act in Sideways, the Oscar nominee will play an undisclosed, top secret villain in 2007's Spider-Man 3.

How About a Hint? ''He's a horse of many colors.''

There Are Horses in Spider-Man? ''Let's just say he's an amorphous collection of protons, electrons, and neutrons, of different colors.''

Toy StoryAny Spider-Man role ultimately leads to an action figure — but Church has no fear. ''When I did George of the Jungle, the Lyle doll looked like the classic buffoonish Disney caricature. It can't be worse than that.''

Next Daily sessions with trainers to buff up for Spidey. Plus, the villainy continues with a voice-over in DreamWorks' Over the Hedge and then peters out with his role as a crow in the animated Charlotte's Web.

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