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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.
Everyone knows James Franco's history with the Raimiverse, but back in the day, he was posed to play Peter Parker himself. Ultimately, Franco would go on to play Harry Osborn in all three of Raimi's movies, even stepping up as the Green Goblin (or “the NEw Goblin”) in Spider-Man 3.
Tobey Maguire portrayed Peter Parker / Spider-Man in a trilogy of films produced by Columbia Pictures consisting of Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), and Spider-Man 3 (2007). A new iteration of the character was portrayed by Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014).
The studio expressed interest in Leonardo DiCaprio, Freddie Prinze Jr., Chris O'Donnell, Jude Law, Chris Klein, Ewan McGregor, Wes Bentley, and Heath Ledger. DiCaprio had been considered for the role in 1995 by James Cameron. Scott Speedman, Jay Rodan and James Franco were also involved in screen tests for the part.
Within two years of each, Gyllenhaal nearly became a live-action Spider-Man and a new live-action Batman. Although he didn't get either of the hero roles, the stories behind the missed opportunities are rather interesting, along with the potential for Gyllenhaal to perhaps claim a superhero role very soon.