This weekend, you don’t have to leave the couch to travel to Europe when Spider-Man: Far From Home arrives on Disney+ this Friday, April 14th. From Venice to Berlin via London, this action-packed adventure has many surprises for the high school student played by Tom Holland, as well as new encounters!
As mysterious attacks by giant creatures rage across the continent, Peter Parker teams up with Quentin Beck, aka Mysterio. Included in the 2nd opus of the trilogy, this character was played by Jake Gyllenhaal. And if the latter waited until 2019 to join his destiny with Spider-Man, he still didn’t get to portray the Marvel superhero a few years earlier…
Jake Gyllenhaal as Spider-Man?
Known to the general public thanks to the title role in the cult film Donnie Darko in 2001, the actor was actually approached to wear the Spider-Man costume in Spider-Man 2, by Sam Raimi, who replaced Tobey Maguire, with a back injury. Drama Thoroughbred, Seabiscuit legend on set.
In 2019, while promoting Spider-Man: Far From Home, Jake Gyllenhaal confirms at the microphone Yahoo! The interest shown by the producers of the film. “ He will hurt himself. There was a discussion, several actors were involved and I was one of them. and jokes: “Almost every kid played Spider-Man!”.
He’s certainly not wrong, as many Hollywood stars have seen their name hypothetically associated with Spider-Man over the years, from Leonardo DiCaprio, Heath Ledger, Josh Hartnett, James Franco or even Tom Cruise!
As for Spider-Man 2, Tobey Maguire was finally able to return to his role after a quick recovery. That didn’t stop Jake Gyllenhaal from continuing his very good momentum with The Day After Tomorrow, The Secret of Brokeback Mountain, or Zodiac, where he shares the poster with Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo, aka Iron Man. And Hulk!
Now it’s as Mysterio, who stands alongside Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, that viewers can find the actor on Disney+.
Source: Allocine
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