During an interview with Yahoo, Jake Gyllenhaal opened up about the time he nearly replaced Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man.
Marvel Studios and Sony’s Spider-Man: Far From Home will mark the long-awaited live-action debut of Mysterio, with Jake Gyllenhaal portraying the classic comic book villain. However, the history of the Spider-Man movie franchise would have played out differently had Jake Gyllenhaal been tapped to replace Tobey Maguire in Sam Raimi’s films.
The rumor of Jake Gyllenhaal potentially replacing Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 2 first surfaced after the latter star was injured while filming the horse-racing film Seabiscuit. While Jake Gyllenhaal confirmed he was one of the actors considered for the role following Tobey Maguire’s injury, the Far From Home star added that the Spider-Man mantle belongs to the actor who lands the role:
“The truth of the matter is, in the end, he’s Spider-Man. And so, there are so many roles in my career where I was up against another actor, or something happened that possibly could’ve happened but didn’t happen but maybe it would have… Eventually, my belief is when an actor’s played a character, particularly in a movie, the character’s theirs, and that’s that. But yeah he hurt himself and there was talk. And there was a slew of actors [possibly up for the part], and I was one of them.”
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Jake Gyllenhaal will make his debut as Mysterio when Spider-Man: Far From Home hits theaters next week.
Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever.
Directed by Jon Watts from a script written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, Spider-Man: Far From Home stars Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revolori, Martin Starr, Numan Acar, J.B. Smoove, Oli Hill, Remy Hii, Marisa Tomei, Michael Keaton, Jon Favreau, Cobie Smulders, and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.
Spider-Man: Far From Home will be released in theaters on July 2, 2019.
Source: Yahoo! Entertainment
