Remember this headline from I/O9 when Donald Glover wanted to play Spider-Man? At the time there was no Miles Morales, which was created for Brian Michael Bendis’ kids. Glover wanted to play Peter Parker.
Yeah, we know at least partly where this is heading. I’m actually talking about a different character, but no matter what I write here the usual suspects will take one look at the intro and call me racist while the opposition will claim this is an anti-woke article. Political culture is seeping into pop culture thanks to people who hate entertainment and want you as angry and stressed as they are because they know no other way to live. While Glover’s declaration came during the downturn of the pre-“woke” “political correctness” I have no doubt he wanted to play Peter Parker…or rather he thought he did.
This really all came up because Winston Duke, during an interview to promote his role in the Fall Guy re-imagining (the original TV show was about a stuntman who paid the bills between movies by becoming a bounty hunter), said he would like to play Batman. In a way he did thanks to audio dramas…but he still didn’t. I don’t know why “news” sites who keep pushing the “superhero fatigue” narrative nonsense continue to ask these actors about MCU and DC Movie roles during non superhero projects. You’d think they’d want to ignore the superheroes if they dislike them so much, but that’s just me venting. The real takeaway you should have is when many of these actors say they want to play this or that superhero or other pre-existing IP role, even when they do resemble the character, they really don’t. And while Duke does make a social statement in his comments, I don’t think (on his part, like with Glover) they really want to play that part…or rather they don’t want to play that character.
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