Spider-Man: No Way Home will be released in less than two weeks, and with speculation (it’s been pretty much confirmed) that former Spider-Man actors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield will be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of the character played by Tom Holland – people are revealing who their favorite actors to play the character are. Never one to shy away from giving his opinion, filmmaker Kevin Smith has shared his thoughts on the matter as well.
Smith was discussing how Holland will likely be returning for another trilogy after the release of No Way Home, and actually revealed that the actor was his favorite Spider-Man.
Speaking on his podcast, FatMan Beyond, Smith said:
“I don’t give a sh-t, keep makin’ ’em. Make me f-cking happy, it ain’t hard. He’s just so- It’s high praise because the kid’s so good at it. He’s been my favorite Spider-Man….I can’t imagine they’re like, ‘Please, play Spider-Man for a cut rate,’ especially when they’re like ‘Please, do three more. Please keep playing this part in all these years you could be doing other things and what not. Give us the best years of your life to play Spider-Man.’ That’s the kind of position an agent is like ‘All right, pay him $20 million per, plus a big percentage.'”
So there you have it. While his answer probably isn’t going to surprise anyone, there were probably a few Kevin Smith fans who were wondering who his favorite Spider-Man actor might be.
For those of you who also enjoy Tom Holland as Spider-Man, it looks like he will be the MCU’s Spider-Man for the foreseeable future, as a brand new trilogy is being developed (as we mentioned above). It’s definitely a good time to be a Spider-Man fan.
Spider-Man: No Way Home is scheduled to hit theaters on December 17th.