Stan Lee On J. Jonah Jameson
- Stan Lee has declared, on more than one occasion, that he would have relished the opportunity to portray Jameson in a live-action film, though he has nonetheless praised actor J.K. Simmons' performance as Jameson in the Spider-Man films, even stating that, to his chagrin, "Simmons portrays him better than I could."
- J. Jonah Jameson's wife Joan also shares her name with Stan Lee's real-life wife.
- Stan Lee admitted in an interview on Talk of the Nation to having modeled J. Jonah Jameson after (a much grumpier version of) himself.
- On December 15, 2010, Stan Lee posted the following tweet: "I herewith proclaim, for the world to see, that J. Jonah Jameson’s first name is— Jeremiah! And so it shall remain—till I change my mind!" However, this contradicts the comics themselves, in which J. Jonah Jameson's first name is John, like his father and his son.
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