The Hunger Games AND Five Nights at Freddy’s star Josh Hutcherson he was one of the finalists to take on the role of Peter Parker aka Spider-Man in the Sony Pictures film The Extraordinary Spider-Man in 2012. The part eventually went to Andrea Garfieldwho was great in the role, but Hutcherson was incredibly close to getting the role and also had a really interesting audition for director Marc Webb.
During a recent interview, Hutcherson talked about his experience and he’s still not entirely sure what he missed when he auditioned for the film. He said:
“You never find out. They just end up hiring someone else. So I never found out why. I also know that about three weeks after I auditioned, I ended up getting Hunger Games, so it worked out.
The actor went on to say that if the opportunity arose to play a variant of Spider-Man in Spider-Verse, he would be open to it. He said:
“Potentially yes. I’ve been a huge Spider-Man fan my whole life, growing up on old school cartoons and stuff like that. But yeah, I’d be open to it, man. I would throw some cobwebs around.
I think Hutcherson would have been great as Spider-Man, but he just wasn’t meant to be and it seems like his career is doing just fine without it. He currently stars in David Ayer’s new action thriller The beekeeper.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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