Late last week, we wrote about the idea of Sony casting a non-white Peter Parker for their Spider-Man reboot. Then…a thing happened. And suddenly, Community actor Donald Glover has rallied the internet to his cause: getting him an audition.
https://gizmodo.com/the-last-thing-spider-man-should-be-is-another-white-gu-5549613
If you’ll recall, the original post asked the question: In the face of such underwhelming Caucasian options, why couldn’t Spider-Man be played by an actor of color? In the comments — which ranged from encouraging to offensive, as one would expect — someone named “Rootadoo” suggested that Community actor Donald Glover would be perfect for the part. And then Donald Glover himself found out — and he’s been tweeting up a storm: Over Memorial Day Weekend, #Donald4Spiderman was a top 10 trending topic. And then someone created a “Donald Glover 4 Spiderman” Facebook group. And it made the Washington Post and New York magazine, along with the standard coterie of comics sites.
https://gizmodo.com/which-one-of-these-actors-is-the-new-spider-man-5548720
Glover is quick to say that he doesn’t just want to be given the job — which he’d be great for, incidentally — he wants to be able to audition for the job. Which was the whole friggin’ point in the first place.
