10 Hollywood A-Listers Were in the Running to Play Spider-Man Over the Years, & 2 Of Them Even Landed Different Roles in Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield & Tom Holland's Movies

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger was strongly rumored to be up for the role of Spider-Man before Tobey was cast in the first set of movies. He is said to have been “talked at length with for Peter,” according to ScreenRant.

He never spoke out about the opportunity himself but did later star as the villain in DC’s The Dark Knight.