What's great about Eddie is that even though he's really slick, he kind of hides a really hollow interior. Like he's got a really great exterior, he's got nothing inside, whereas Peter's just the opposite. He might not have his whole act together, but his core is very strong and that's why he's able to kind of shed this power. But Eddie totally embraces it.

Question: What was the filming process for you? Did you have to film for a few weeks and then you were gone for a month or two?

Grace: Yeah, I was off and on. I'm in one-fourth of the film so I kind of able to get breaks but I had to keep working out through the film which is probably not a surprise to anyone but it was a first for me. You have to eat right too, which is really a bummer of working out. The working out is not nearly as hard as eating and I'd eat aggressively because I lose weight very easily. It was always a kind of constant. I had to stay blonde for a year, which is not my cup of tea. Yeah, so it was kind of a year-long constant thing.

The best was when we went to New York because I have an apartment in New York and I'd been missing living there and to be able to roll out of bed and get a cup of coffee and a newspaper and walk over to this blockbuster film set and when I'm finished, go out to dinner somewhere. It was like great.

Question: What was it like filming on the street with the people knowing you guys were filming Spidey 3?

Grace: Oh, it was great. The extras on the set were chanting "Spider-Man," and all the people watching started chanting "Spider-Man" then Spider-Man zips in. I'm like, "Where am I?" People taking pictures and running up to him and interacting with him. I had one of the great New York scenes with him where all that stuff is falling off that building and I get to run up to him and kind of make fun of him.

And Tobey playing that character, I'm used to that now. I was a fan of the first two films, so like the first day for me was in L.A. We were in the Bugle and Tobey's there and J.K. is like, "Brock get in here." I'm in The Bugle, which I've seen the set in the first two films, and I've been saying it's like when Universal Studios says like "come be in the movies." I'm in it. It was great and I'm just a big fan of it, so it's funny I was supposed to be mad, but I was smiling like ear to ear.

Question: Can you talk about some of the more grueling physical aspects of shooting?

Grace: Oh yeah, well clearly I really didn't love the working out. It was really strenuous and then there was one hour to get on the suit which is a Spider-Man suit up to about here (puts hand to neck) and then four hours to attach the prosthetic makeup. It was just a lot of patience. I couldn't even read a newspaper. I had to stare straight ahead because they were all connected to my neck and then and they'd put in the fangs and they'd lift me up on wires a couple of stories up, and I mean it's a process.

By the way, at that point I'm ready to go home. I hadn't even started acting yet. That's why Sam is the greatest director alive. That guy would come up to me at just the right time and say "Hey, buddy let me show you something." He'd bring up the portable monitor and show me the shot. And I'd go, "That's the coolest shot." If I weren't in this that would be the coolest shot I've ever seen in my life and I'm the dude in it. So he was a good motivator.

Question: Do you think Eddie was a tragic figure or just an asshole?

Grace: There's something great is that Sam likes to find the humanity in everyone no matter how dark the story is, and clearly Eddie is the darkest I think of anyone who's been in a Spider-Man movie. He's like in a really bad way. He's got revenge and jealousy which just consumes him, but I really admire Sam. I think this is better than what happened in the comic book. Once he's Venom, it's a lot of fun. But beforehand like Sam really wanted to find the humanity in the character and that was a hard thing to do.

Watching the film and seeing people's reaction, there's a moment where you really kind of---even if you don't agree with what Eddie's doing -- you understand why he's doing it, which is more than I can say for most bad guys. I actually think that makes for scarier bad guys because it connects them to you. It's not like they fell into a vat of acid and want to take over the world or something. You kind of understand their motivations and wonder if you'd have the same restraint that Peter has.

Question: In the comics Venom becomes the anti-hero. If they approached you with that project, would you be interested?

Grace: It's funny, someone was telling me about like saying people who have died in the franchise and like both of them that died in the first one had been in the next two. Like both of them. But in terms of playing Venom again I ...whatever. Can you guys recite what every single actor says when you ask them that question? What do I say?

Question: You say if it's a good script....

Grace: Yeah, I got it.

Question: ...then you'd consider it. Especially if Tobey did it.

Grace: I'd hardcore do it at that point, but yeah.

Question: Would you do a solo Venom movie?

Grace: Those haven't really worked very well have they?

Question: No.

Grace: I'm looking for my Elektra, you know what I mean?

Question: You went to Tokyo with everyone?

Grace: Yeah, it's the first time I saw it.

Question: And how was the experience of going to Japan?

Grace: I'd never been to Asia so to be in Tokyo for the first time and then to be...the fan reaction was intense. Walking down the red carpet was crazy. People were going nuts. It's like the closest I'll be to being like in N'Sync. And then to watch the film for the first time, it was just a lot of input. But the best was Tobey hadn't seen it either and to sit next to Tobey Maguire and watch Spider-Man and we're dueling on screen and he and I are high-fiving and I'm going, "What kind of amazing experience is this?" It was just great.

Question: The Japanese press conference that you did with all these hundreds of journalists must have been quite a unique experience for you as well.

Grace: It was. Yeah. Their reaction is....they're huge Spider-Man fans and I also think Sam is a huge fan of what they've done with anime and so he was talking about how he's pulled out a lot of that for what he's done. It's a symbiotic relationship.

Question: What was your favorite scene in the movie?

Grace: I'm going to give you a couple because it's going to seem self-centered but that scene where I turn into Venom kind of blew my mind. When you're doing it it's like Sam with a bullhorn saying like "Now it's on your left shoulder" and you really feel stupid. I think even some of the crew was like laughing but you wind up....it's weird it's not even like acting. It's like you're 5 years old. It's literally like pretend like you have to go to a place of such deep just imagining everything in front of green screen so seeing that done was like incredible. The score and the camera angles, it was pretty incredible. I also think it's a cool scene.

I like that Sandman thing where you think it's boulders and that shot goes all the way around and he's trying to get up and he falls through himself kind of and also when he sees the locket. I don't know, I love what Sam does visually.

I think my favorite part of the film is when you realize that Tobey's going to put the suit on again and he knows he shouldn't and all this stuff is going wrong in his life and you can feel his need to put that suit on without any words and that I thought was like, I don't know if it's Alvin Sargent or if it's Sam Raimi, I think it's both, but they've got you in an emotional place where you understand his need to put on the suit and it's really about substance abuse this movie. It's about -- at least that's what the suit is about -- the movie is really about forgiveness. But the suit is about, it's like of like alcohol or cocaine. It's something that will numb your demons and make you feel stronger but then once you take it off you're like, "What have I just done. What did I do last night?"