Anonymous
9/5/2025, 4:19:26 AM
No.150207159
Spider-Man (2002)
>James Cameron, Chris Columbus, Roland Emmerich, Tony Scott, Jan de Bont, Ang Lee, David Fincher, M. Night Shyamalan and Tim Burton were approached to direct before Sam Raimi was hired.
>Freddie Prinze Jr. was Sony's top choice to play Peter, but Raimi was against it. Wes Bentley, Heath Ledger, Chris Klein, Scott Speedman, Jay Rodan and James Franco auditioned before Tobey Maguire was cast. Franco was later cast as Harry Osborn.
>Kate Hudson was Sony's top choice to play MJ, but declined. Alicia Witt, Mena Suvari, Elisha Cuthbert and Eliza Dushku auditioned before Kirsten Dunst was cast.
>Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, Robert De Niro and Billy Bob Thornton were approached for Norman Osborn before Willem Dafoe was cast.
>Tommy Lee Jones and R. Lee Ermey were considered for J. Jonah Jameson before J.K. Simmons was cast.
>Hugh Jackman was approached to cameo as Wolverine, but scheduling conflicts prevented it from happening.
>Early cuts featured Spider-Man foiling a bank robbery by webbing the robbers' helicopter between the Twin Towers. The scene was used as the movie's first trailer, but deleted due to 9/11.
>Early cuts featured Spider-Man stopping a runaway subway train. The scene was deleted due to budget, but referenced by Robbie Robertson later in the film and repurposed for the sequel.
Anonymous
9/5/2025, 3:53:03 AM
No.214282318
Spider-Man (2002)
>James Cameron, Chris Columbus, Roland Emmerich, Tony Scott, Jan de Bont, Ang Lee, David Fincher, M. Night Shyamalan and Tim Burton were approached to direct before Sam Raimi was hired.
>Freddie Prinze Jr. was Sony's top choice to play Peter, but Raimi was against it. Wes Bentley, Heath Ledger, Chris Klein, Scott Speedman, Jay Rodan and James Franco auditioned before Tobey Maguire was cast. Franco was later cast as Harry Osborn.
>Kate Hudson was Sony's top choice to play MJ, but declined. Alicia Witt, Mena Suvari, Elisha Cuthbert and Eliza Dushku auditioned before Kirsten Dunst was cast.
>Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, Robert De Niro and Billy Bob Thornton were approached for Norman Osborn before Willem Dafoe was cast.
>Tommy Lee Jones and R. Lee Ermey were considered for J. Jonah Jameson before J.K. Simmons was cast.
>Hugh Jackman was approached to cameo as Wolverine, but scheduling conflicts prevented it from happening.
>Early cuts featured Spider-Man foiling a bank robbery by webbing the robbers' helicopter between the Twin Towers. The scene was used as the movie's first trailer, but deleted due to 9/11.
>Early cuts featured Spider-Man stopping a runaway subway train. The scene was deleted due to budget, but referenced by Robbie Robertson later in the film and repurposed for the sequel.
