By GustavoLeao / 18:44, 29 December 2009 / General Genre/SciFi

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FEARNet posted an interview with former Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda star Kevin Sorbo in which he talks about his new DVD horror movie Something Beneath and here are few excerpts.

You've mentioned a few times in past interviews that Spider-Man was one of your favorite comic books growing up, and of course one of Spider-Man's greatest rivals is the symbiote Venom. What was it like for you to actually play a character whose greatest rival was ALSO a symbiote being? Did you embody Spider-Man at all? Looking back, did you feel at all like your comic hero?

I never thought about that! That's the first time I've heard that, but the parallel is definitely there. [Laughing.] I will say I was kind of disappointed in Sam Raimi not giving me some kind of role in any of his three Spider-man's. My god, he was the executive producer on Hercules! He basically had nothing to do with Hercules besides lend his name to it because he never once showed up to New Zealand. It was kind of shocking, I worked my ass off for him and made him a lot of money and he didn't seem to care. [Laughs.] That's Hollywood. It's not the nicest profession in the world and most people are really not that nice.

In the 90s, the names Kevin Sorbo and Hercules were sort of synonymous. You've worked on a ton of projects since then, but what has been your most enjoyable?

I'm going to have to say Hercules. That was the pebble that got the ball rolling. I had a blast working on it with the crew and Michael Hurst. It was a big chunk of my life, seven years. It was just fun. I like shooting different things. [But] I love that genre, and the Herc will always hold a big place in my heart.
 
The full interview is here.