1 Timothée Chalamet One of Hollywood's youngest and biggest breakout stars from the last decade, Timothée Chalamet, was among the final contenders against Tom Holland for the Spider-Man role in Captain America: Civil War.
The actor was close to playing the Marvel superhero in the reboot, but the role ultimately went to Andrew Garfield. Hutcherson said no one told him why he wasn't selected to give life to Peter Parker but the silver lining was that he was able to land The Hunger Games instead.
The search for Tinsel Town's Spider-Man went through several iterations, but when Raimi eventually took the reins, Tobey Maguire wasn't his first choice. No one knew what the role would lead to, but once upon a time, Heath Ledger could've been the first actor to step into the suit in modern times.
11 Actors Auditioned to Play Spider-Man But Weren't Cast, Including Several Oscar Winners. Once upon a time, Timothee Chalamet was in the running to portray Peter Parker. Based on their ages, you're likely not surprised that his main competition was Tom.
According to THR, the following actors tested Saturday for the role of teenage Peter Parker: previously reported frontrunner Asa Butterfield (Ender's Game, Hugo); Tom Holland (The Impossible); Judah Lewis (seen in this fall's Demolition); Matthew Lintz (Pixels); Charlie Plummer (Boardwalk Empire); and Charlie Rowe (Red ...
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Who was almost casted as Spider-Man?
Jake Gyllenhaal
Back in the early 2000s, Jake Gyllenhaal almost took on the role of Spider-Man after Tobey McGuire was injured on the set of another movie. Tobey was briefly fired and Jake was in talks to take over the part in "Spider-Man 2." In the end, the studio decided to rehire Tobey.
When it came down to who would play Spider-Man in the MCU, the two final choices were Tom Holland and Asa Butterfield. The two were flown to do a screen test with Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans on Captain America: Civil War.
Zendaya has starred as MJ, the love interest of Peter Parker, otherwise known as Spider-Man, in three movies to date. The first film released was in 2017 and titled "Spider-Man: Homecoming".
And then there's Stan Lee's Spider-Man, which had been rejected by comic book publisher Martin Goodman before swinging onto newsstands and into public consciousness in the early 1960s. Goodman viewed the iconic superhero as an unrelatable and whimsical idea that would never be embraced by pop culture fans.
The independent studio Cannon Films bought the rights to Spider-Man, tried and failed to make a Spider-Man movie, then went bankrupt; in 1996, so did Marvel. The rights to Spidey were lost in litigation until 1999, when Marvel recovered them and sold them to Sony.
Hutcherson might have came up short because The Amazing Spider-Man filmmakers were looking for an actor, not a stuntman. Still, it worked out well in the end. The actor gained worldwide fame playing Peeta Mellark in The Hunger Games, before going on to star in 2023 box office hit, Five Nights at Freddy's.
So, why did the devs recast the face model? Well, apparently, the older face was more difficult to use alongside Lowenthal's motion capture performance compared to the new one - especially as they moved into more powerful tech (the PS5).
In 2011, 18-year-old Hutcherson landed the leading role of Peeta Mellark in the top-grossing film series The Hunger Games, released yearly between 2012 and 2015, for which he won three MTV Movie Awards and a People's Choice Award.
During the process of casting Spider-Man: Homecoming, producers thought they discovered unknown talent when Zendaya auditioned. The then 19-year-old auditioned for the film in March 2016 and eventually landed the role of Michelle Jones-Watson better known as MJ for her first feature film role.
They started as costars in the massively successful Spider-Man movies, with Holland playing Peter Parker and his superhero alter ego, and Zendaya as his love interest MJ. That working relationship gradually bloomed into a supportive friendship, then something more.
Before Tobey even suited up to become Spidey, famed director James Cameron was working on a movie about the hero. In 2021, he referred to the project as the one that got away, saying it was "the greatest movie I never made" (via Polygon). Who was in the running for the role? None other than Leonardo DiCaprio.
1. Both Sam and Corey auditioned to play King George. Sam even auditioned for about five characters over the course of Bridgerton — including Colin Bridgerton. He was actually offered a small part in Bridgerton, but his agent suggested that he turn it down to await something bigger.
In a teaser, Andrew shared his thoughts about the audition process for The Amazing Spider-Man. "I thought, 'How cool would it be to fulfil some weird version of a childhood dream,'" he said of the opportunity. "So, of course, I auditioned and didn't really think much of it in terms of [if] I would get it or not."
11 Actors Auditioned to Play Spider-Man But Weren't Cast, Including a Musician & a Friend of Zendaya. Before he was cast in Spider-Man: Far From Home, Jake Gyllenhaal was in the running to replace Tobey as the web-slinging hero after he suffered an injury and was briefly fired.
Later in April, Nat Wolff, Asa Butterfield, Tom Holland, Timothée Chalamet, and Liam James were under consideration by Sony and Marvel to play Spider-Man, with Holland and Butterfield as the front-runners.
Sony still owns the films rights to Spiderman ever since 1998 they can make a film about any Spider-Man character including new ones marvel creates in the comics.
