3) Tom Cruise
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Marvel fans may know that Tom Cruise was for a long time the favourite to play Tony Stark in 2007’s Iron Man, before Robert Downey Jr. came along and superhero movie history was made. However, it is much less known that he could have been Spider-Man as well.
Back in the 1980s, Cannon Films (most well known for making the super-cheap Superman IV: The Quest for Peace) had the rights to make Spider-Man. To be directed by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s Tobe Hooper, at one point Cruise – then an upcoming actor – was attached to star. Bob Hoskins was Doctor Octopus, while classic Hollywood actress Lauren Bacall was Aunt May. Oh, and possibly Stan Lee himself was J. Jonah Jameson.
Is it wrong that we sort of wish this one had got made?