The Top Candidates To Play Spider-Man
Ever since it was announced that Tobey Maguire wouldn’t be in the Spider-Man 4 movie there has been a ton of rumors surrounding the project, some saying it won’t go ahead and some just casting rumors. But here is 5 actors that have already met with director Marc Webb and are serious candidates to become the new Peter Parker.
Jamie Bell
The 24-year-old English actor, repped by WME and Artists Independent Management, who made his film debut playing the title character in “Billy Elliot,†has been doing the proper British actor thing in period movies such as “Nicholas Nickleby†and “Jane Eyre†(he’s also appeared in Hollywood movies such as Peter Jackson’s “King Kong†and Ed Zwick’s “Defianceâ€). More important, he’s already stepped into the comics world by portraying Tintin in Jackson and Steven Spielberg’s “The Adventures of Tintin†movie, which won’t hit screens until December 2011.
Alden Ehrenreich
The Los Angeles-born 20-year-old has a juicy backstory, having been “discovered†by Spielberg, who saw a comedy video starring Ehrenreich at a bat mitzvah of his daughter’s friend. A couple of TV appearances followed, but the actor’s next big leap came when he was cast by Francis Ford Coppola in 2009’s “Tetro.†He is repped by WME.
Frank Dillane
The 19-year-old Brit’s main credit is last year’s “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,†where he played a young Tom Riddle. Is a minor role in a “Potter†film a good springboard for a mega-franchise? It worked for Robert Pattinson.
Andrew Garfield
The L.A.-born actor had a short stint on a BBC TV series called “Sugar Rush†but gained notices for playing a young reporter in a gritty British TV movie trilogy titled “Red Riding.†The 27-year-old appeared in “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus†and will be seen in David Fincher’s movie about Facebook, “The Social Network.†He is repped by CAA and the Collective.
Josh Hutcherson
The youngest actor of the bunch — he turns 18 this year — is also the one with the most experience. The past six years alone have seen the Kentucky-born kid rack up credits with key roles in Jon Favreau’s “Zathura,†drama “Bridge to Terabithia†and the upcoming “Red Dawn†remake. He appears in the Sundance hit “The Kids Are All Right,†which insider buzz suggests could be an Oscar contender, and starred with Brendan Fraser in “Journey to the Center of the Earth.†Hutcherson, repped by ICM and Beddingfield, just signed on to star in the “Journey†sequel, and that movie could prove a fly in the ointment if the actor’s schedule collides with “Spider-Man.†(Though you can bet every effort would be made to make it work.)
Apparently Marc Webb wants to cast a younger actor to take on the role because he wants to go back to tell the story all over again of when Peter Parker was in high school and when his uncle died, the movie is supposed to be in production by the end of the year. Zac Efron has been rumored to take on the role for months but a spokesperson for Columbia Pictures said they would not comment on casting. Who would you like to play Spider-Man?
source: Meet the men who could play Spider-Man (exclusive) [Heat Vision Blog]
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