The game-changing 2002 movie Ron Howard refused to direct: “I had a chance”
What if…?
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is one of the most iconic and influential superheroes in popular culture. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962.
Spider-Man is the superhero identity of Peter Parker, a teenager who gains spider-like abilities after being bitten by a radioactive spider. Gifted with superhuman strength, agility, wall-crawling abilities and his famous “spider-sense”, Parker balances fighting crime with the everyday challenges of work, relationships and personal responsibility.
Through decades of comics, films, television series and video games, Spider-Man has become Marvel’s flagship superhero and one of the world’s most recognisable fictional characters.
The 2019 movie that made Tom Holland’s dream a reality: “Everything I wanted to accomplish”
He got to work with one of his heroes.
The 1997 movie Nicolas Cage called a “personal milestone” for ‘Nouveau Shamanic’ acting
One of the most unhinged villains of all time.
“Oh my god”: How on earth did Tom Cruise almost end up in a ‘Spider-Man’ movie?
Through the looking glass.
“It became what it became”: the role JK Simmons called “ridiculously fun”
It’s the part he became best known for.
“Talk about crushed”: Marisa Tomei and the “iconic character” that left her horrified
She should have done her homework.
Berlin, Spider Man, and the U2 project David Bowie couldn’t stand
“We had a playful sort of banter.”
“I lost a lot of my joy”: the movie that almost broke Tobey Maguire
Took him a while to come to terms with filming.
The “dangerous” role that devastated Andrew Garfield: “I got heartbroken a little bit”
Struggled with the corporate pressures of a huge franchise.
More About Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a Marvel Comics superhero created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The character is most commonly the alter ego of Peter Parker, a young man who gains spider-like powers after being bitten by a radioactive spider.
Spider-Man possesses superhuman strength, agility, speed, reflexes, the ability to cling to walls, a precognitive "spider-sense" that warns him of danger, and uses web-shooters of his own invention to swing through cities and capture enemies.
Spider-Man has been portrayed in live-action films by Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland, each bringing a distinct interpretation of the Marvel superhero.