 Gwen 's father and a New York City Police Department captain who hunts both Spider @-@ Man out of distrust and the Lizard for his rampage . Leary explained that he did not know much about Spider @-@ Man in the comics and was " more of a Batman guy . Not the ' 60s [ TV version ] but the really dark Batman . But my wife was a Spider @-@ Man nut , which was why I went to Tobey Maguire ones . " He added that long before he was cast as George Stacy his friend Jeff Garlin , a Spider @-@ Man fan , " said to me , ' The first time I met you , I thought you were George Stacy ! ' This was like 30 years ago . I was like , ' What ? ! ' " Director Webb said of his casting , " [ W ] e all trust Denis Leary . He 's got this attitude , but you love him . In this movie , he puts pressure on Peter Parker . He 's on Spider @-@ Man 's case , but you understand him . I 've said this before , but good drama comes from competing ideas of what 's good . " 
