An Into The Spider-Verse Deleted Scene Almost Gave Us Tom Cruise As The Worst Spider-Man
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” is one of the greatest works of American animation, one of the best superhero movies, and one of the greatest films of all time, period. It democratized superheroes with a tale about how anyone can wear the mask, in addition to telling a fantastic story of identity with cultural specificity.
The movie remains the best use of the multiverse, giving us compelling, memorable, and very funny alternate dimension Spider-People with unique looks and personalities. But we almost got another Spider-Man, one that would have been absolutely horrible as a portrayal of Peter Parker, but would have been voiced by none other than Tom Cruise.
Cruise has a history of almost playing superheroes. Despite having (sort of) portrayed a comic book character in “Edge of Tomorrow,” based on the light novel “All You Need Is Kill,” he has never actually played an American superhero character — though not for lack of trying. At one point, Cruise was considered for the role of Iron Man, which is a relatively popular fun fact (especially once rumors began that he would pop up as an alternate universe Iron Man in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”). But it is perhaps not that well known that Cruise was, at one point, considered for the role of Peter Parker in a 1980s adaptation by Cannon Films — one that could have also included Bob Hoskins as Doc Ock.
The thing is, Cruise almost got to play Spider-Man, just not in live-action. Instead, a deleted scene for “Into the Spider-Verse,” available in the extended Alternate Universe mode, has Miles learn about his powers from none other than Cruise and James Cameron … kind of.
An Into The Spider-Verse Deleted Scene Almost Gave Us Tom Cruise As The Worst Spider-Man
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