Follow us on Google News
Get the latest updates directly in your Google News feed
Back in the early 1980s and 1990s, superhero movies and Tom Cruise were just looming on the horizon and were on the verge of fame. With several classic movies likeSuperman,Batman,and more releasing worldwide, Spider-Man could have joined these movies back in the 1980s but the film was never made.
Iconic actor Tom Cruise was asked to portray the role of Peter Parker in the unmade filmSpider-Manunder Cannon Films but the film was never made. Talking about the unmade film,Spider-Mandeviated significantly from the original lore but would have been a much darker tale!
Tom Cruise Was Supposed To Be Spider-Man
Back in 1983,Tom Cruisefound fame by starring inRisky Business.Around that same time, superhero movies were on the rise with the release ofSupermanin 1978. Cannon Films had the rights to a Spider-Man movie and they chose Cruise for the role.
Also read:“If your hair catches on fire, please don’t let go”: Tom Cruise Admitted One Of His Mission Impossible Stunt Was Not Safe For His Young Co-star Keri Russell
Although Cruise would have been remarkable as Peter Parker, the film was never made and Cannon Films eventually lost the rights to Spider-Man in 1990. As per the report byCBR, the script for the 1980sSpider-Manwas a darker tale on the life of Peter Parker and included Dr. Otto Octavius as its’ villain.
In the original manuscript, Dr. Otto Octavius was working on his experiment when a spider entered his machine. Causing chain reactions and malfunctions to happen, the experiment bends everything inwards. This means that there would have been a scene where Octavius’ mechanical arms would have bent inwardly, latching them onto his back quite graphically!
The script also mentioned a scene where a dog would get fused with a wire cage. The image was never made. Taking photos of the incident for The Daily Bugle, Peter Parker gets bitten by that very same spider and then he becomes Spider-Man.
Suggested:“She wanted to kick some a**”: Hayley Atwell’s One Wish While Joining Marvel Was Fulfilled by Tom Cruise 12 Years Later
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-VerseAlso Wanted Tom Cruise!
Related:“He was just feeling fear and sadness”: Tom Cruise Found Himself in a Horrible Spot After He Dominated Robert Downey Jr in a Ping Pong Match
After the unmade Spider-Man project, Cruise was also attached for the role of Iron Man in a pre-MCU film about Tony Stark. Due to some differences, Cruise and the MCU backed away from the project and the role of Iron Man went to Robert Downey Jr.
TheTop Gunactor had one more chance to join (or at least lend his voice to) the MCU with a role inSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.Well, there was a reason why Tom Cruise wasn’t able to lend his voice to the 2018 animated movie. As per director Rodney Rothman, there was going to be a scene in the film where Miles Morales learns about Spider-Man through films.
One of the films that he saw was going to be a James Cameron-directed film with Tom Cruise starring as an alternate universe Spider-Man. Since the idea seemed too confusing and messy, the vision was scratched.
Visarg Acharya
Senior Writer
Articles Published :3266
Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
