10 Actors Who Almost Played Spider-Man At One Point

Each of the three separate iterations of the wallcrawler were only cast after a great number of actors had been considered. Read on for ten actors you probably never knew nearly played Spider-Man.

Christian Bone

Published: Jun 14, 2016 10:58 pm

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4) Michael Jackson

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The idea of Charlie Sheen as Spider-Man not crazy enough for you? Well, how about the fact that the prince of pop himself campaigned to play Peter Parker?

According to Marvel supremo Stan Lee, he met with Michael Jackson in the 1990s when the star was interested in buying out Marvel. Jackson was apparently very keen to make a Spider-Man movie, with Stan believing that he also intended to star in the picture. He apparently met with Lee as he thought he could buy the rights from him, but Stan told him he had to go to the company – which precipitated Jackson’s attempt to take over Marvel.

While things probably turned out for the best, it would have made for a good “thriller” seeing Jackson take on some “smooth criminals” as Spidey, don’t you think?

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Christian Bone

Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'