Without the balancing point of his sinister goodbye to his son, the final cut of The Amazing Spider-Man was obliged to assemble a montage showing different snippets of Connors losing his shit. Some of his voiceover during that montage comes from this particular deleted scene, another example of The Lizard showing his humanity even as he scales up the evil inside.

Starting the scene with a gut-wrenching wail, Connors is shown to be Golluming out (yes, that’s a verb) at the idea of Peter Parker / Spider-Man stopping his grand master plan. “I’m afraid… I’m so afraid,” he whimpers. This is not the evil villain set to squash the bug boy beneath his feet; this is a man having a nervous breakdown.

A few seconds later and Dr. Jekyll has started to get in touch with his Hyde side, gazing at his Freddy Krueger-like right hand – here shown in pre-CGI form – and wondering aloud, “But why should I be afraid? I’m strong than he is. I’m faster than he is. I can climb as high as he can…”

Spitting at the camera and screaming at the walls, Ifans obviously relishes the chance to act The Lizard without the CGI paintjob. “I have teeth, I have claws… and a doctorate from Empire State university,” he snarls.

Then, as all madmen do, he starts talking to his pet mouse. “And Freddy, I’m beautiful, aren’t I? Beautiful…” he says. “What a feeling! What a feeling!” Alas, at this point he doesn’t start singing or, indeed, dancing on the ceiling.