Electro-fying! Jamie Foxx is pictured as the Amazing Spider-Man villain for the first time... complete with creepy make up



Ever since Jamie Foxx was cast as Maxwell Dillon, better known to comic-book fans as Electro, in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, fans have been slavering for a look at him in his villainous make up.



That wait is now over, as Jamie was spotted in Times Square on Monday wearing a full face of make up and creepy contact lens.



It was quite the distracting look, and gives us a sense that Electro will be a compelling villain.



Sinister: Jamie Foxx was spotted on the set of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in Times Square wearing his full Electro make up



While Jamie's make-up was frightening enough, when the director yelled 'Action!' he was truly transformed.

A string of LED lights lined the interior of Jamie's dark hood and his face eerily glowed blue when they were switched on. The opalescent blue face paint was paired with contact lenses that turned the area around Jamie's dark pupils electric blue and cosmetically applied bulging neck veins menacingly slithered up onto his face.



The comic book version of Electro has been yellow and green but the new version certainly gives the character a futuristic look.

Let there be light: Jamie looked far more sinister when the lights on his costume were switched on

That's different: The comic book version of Electro has been yellow and green but the new version certainly gives the character a futuristic look

On Monday night, it appeared the star was shooting one of his first scenes as he stumbled, apparently ill, through the streets of New York.

In the comic the villain Electro is born after Dillon, an electrical engineer, finds himself gifted the ability to control electricity after being struck by lightning while working on a power line.

While his appearance may be different, Jamie has said he wanted to keep the character close to the original as the actor has been a big fan of Spider-Man.

Set in motion: On Monday night, it appeared the star was shooting one of his first scenes as he stumbled through the streets of New York after being hit by lightening, which triggers his evil powers

The before and after: The actor's make-up was certainly impressive even without the glowing lights

'I'm going to keep it close to the chest but I followed the Spider-Man comic books,' said Jamie of his take on the character.



'And I would watch the television show growing up. It's a blessing.'



'It's incredible,' he said. 'Especially for my little daughter, who is there for the make-up tests and everything. It’s another testament to Quentin Tarantino because without Django, I wouldn't be doing Spider-Man.'

Directed by Mark Webb and co-starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Dane DeHaan, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will open in the UK on 18 April 2014.

Villainous: Foxx looked quite the villain in his blue make up



Nemesis: You wouldn't want to bump into him on a dark night



Foxx appeared at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday night wearing a T-shirt in honor of teenager Trayvon Martin and the Sandy Hook victims.

The actor posed on the red carpet in the T-shirt with a picture of the 17-year-old's face and many of those who died in the Newtown massacre with the words 'Know Justice, Know Peace'.



Trayvon was shot dead by Neighborhood Watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida last February.



Statement: Actors Samuel L. Jackson (left) and Jamie Foxx, wearing a T-shirt in tribute to Trayvon Martin and the Sandy Hook victims, accept an award at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards

Reflection: Foxx wore the T-shirt bearing the images of the Sandy Hook victims and Trayvon Martin on Sunday evening to the awards show

VIDEO Jamie Foxx wears tribute t-shirt when he picks up his award

Zimmerman claims he shot Trayvon in self-defense after he saw the 17-year-old acting suspiciously in the neighborhood.

On December 14, 2012, 20 children and six teaching staff were shot dead at the Connecticut elementary school.



Foxx walked the red carpet in Los Angeles on Sunday night with his 17-year-old daughter Corrine and Django Unchained co-star Kerry Washington.

The actor and musician told MTV hosts Josh Horowitz and Karlie Kloss that he did not intend to make a political statement with the shirt but added: ' We're just thinking about the children... we're just protecting our kids.'



Along with Samuel L. Jackson, Foxx later picked up the award for Best WTF Moment for the scene where they burn down the evil Candieland plantation in Quentin Tarantino's slavery-themed Django Unchained.

Publicity: Foxx wears a T-shirt in honor of the Florida teenager, who was shot dead last year, on the red carpet with his daughter Corinne (center) and co-star Kerry Washington