The Spider-Man rights were next snatched up by Sony Pictures, who wanted to make something from the script James Cameron had developed at Carolco, but with his Titanic star in the lead.
While Andrew Garfield beat him for The Amazing Spider-Man, Josh did just fine in a little series called The Hunger Games.
Here, we look at 10 Actors who were almost cast as Spider-Man.
During a 2012 appearance on Jay Mohr’s podcast, Charlie Sheen revealed that he’d once campaigned to play Spider-Man.