The upcoming Spider-Man redo has done a good job of keeping people interested even though many of us became jaded with the franchise when Sony scorned Sam Raimi last year. But despite a rom-com director being at the helm now, The Amazing Spider-Man is shaping up to be pretty cool, though we haven’t seen any footage yet.

Today, we get a bit of news from the RetroRadio podcast (via MovieWeb) who recently had long-time actor C. Thomas Howell on the show. Howell appeared in The Outsiders in his youth and went on to be a pretty busy supporting actor in TV and film. His latest endeavor has him playing Ray Cooper in Mark Webb’s Spidey rehash and he let slip that we’ll definitely be seeing The Lizard getting into it with the spandexed hero.

There is not a whole lot to talk about. Sony wants us to be hush-hush right now. I play a relatively small role. I play a construction worker who's son is caught in the middle of a battle between the Lizard and Spider-Man on the Manhattan bridge. Spider-Man helps me get my son back from this perilous situation. There is some payback there at the end of the movie. Spider-Man is kind of hurting. I help him when all of the other people won't. Part of the story is, the nation thinks he might be a bad guy. They don't know what to think. Because of my experience on the bridge with my kid, I know he is a good guy. I pitch in and help out at the end. That is the best way.

We’ve known Rhys Ifans had taken on the role of Curt Connors, but this confirms that he’ll be more that just Peter Parker’s college professor (as the character was in Raimi's movies). Now that the Lizard's out in the open, odds Sony won’t be far behind with more details to whet our nerdy appetites.