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Beasts Of No Nation Revelation Abraham Attah Joins Spider-Man: Homecoming
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Harry Osborn please
This kid went from having a random audition while playing soccer with his friends, to being cast in one of the best movies of 2015 to being cast in Spider-man. He must pinch himself each morning to make sure he isn't dreaming.
It's well deserved, though, he did an amazing job in Beasts of no Nations.
It's well deserved, though, he did an amazing job in Beasts of no Nations.
Leona Lewis
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Idris as Norman.
Who cares if he's heimdall. nobody cares about that role anyways. I'm kind of impressed with myself for even remembering the name.
bobbychalkers
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AGU!!!
he was amazing in Beasts of No Nation.
he was amazing in Beasts of No Nation.
Saucycarpdog
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Beasts of No Nation is such an underrated film. Hollywood's hate boner for Netflix is what kept it from getting at least one nomination at the Oscars.
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Fukunaga even said he kind of regretted selling it to Netflix because it really cut the legs off of their awards opportunity.
He'd make a great Miles but there's no way that they introduce two Spider-men into the MCU this early on. If he is Miles then he'll just be a character named Miles Morales that never ends up getting Spidey powers.
Yeah, Holland hasn't even warmed up the shooters good.
Unspeakable Evil
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Lactose_Intolerant
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Lol, I'm more excited for Martin Starr
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Yeah I'm pretty excited to see him and Hannibal tbh. If they're teachers at the school...omg.
People skip over the latino part of him. did trump build some wall based SPIN tech?
I don't see why they can't have him play Miles. He doesn't have to be Spider-Man anytime soon, but it'd be great if he was a peer/friend of Peter's, and ends up having his accident off screen (in a scene filmed presently, but revealed four movies down).
He becomes Spider-Man after Peter is off the grid for infinity wars, holding shit together in New York while the other heroes battle Thanos.
It would t undercut Tom Holland's Peter, but allow them to pass the baton if/when he's no longer interested in the role.
Realistically, I expect him to play either Harry Osborn, or Robbie Robertson's son, or a new character. I'm rooting for Harry. It's a trope for him to be the black best friend, but the allure of a black Norman Osborn wrecking shit as the Goblin in a future movie is too exciting.
Dafoe was the GOAT Osborn, so I'd have a hard time accepting another white guy as Stormin' Norman. Kind of like Alfred Molina as Doc Ock. It's hard to imagine another actor embodying that character either. Molina and Dafoe were too good.
No one is forgetting that Miles is mixed race. The way he's drawn in the comics looks more black, but it's not like Hollywood has ever actually cared about casing ethnicities properly anyway. Sigh.
He becomes Spider-Man after Peter is off the grid for infinity wars, holding shit together in New York while the other heroes battle Thanos.
It would t undercut Tom Holland's Peter, but allow them to pass the baton if/when he's no longer interested in the role.
Realistically, I expect him to play either Harry Osborn, or Robbie Robertson's son, or a new character. I'm rooting for Harry. It's a trope for him to be the black best friend, but the allure of a black Norman Osborn wrecking shit as the Goblin in a future movie is too exciting.
Dafoe was the GOAT Osborn, so I'd have a hard time accepting another white guy as Stormin' Norman. Kind of like Alfred Molina as Doc Ock. It's hard to imagine another actor embodying that character either. Molina and Dafoe were too good.
No one is forgetting that Miles is mixed race. The way he's drawn in the comics looks more black, but it's not like Hollywood has ever actually cared about casing ethnicities properly anyway. Sigh.
Unspeakable Evil
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Maybe they already did... 0.0
People probably don't know much about the character.
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Wait, is Vulture confirmed to be the villain?
It makes sense tho. There's one of two options: he plays the black friend or he plays Miles Morales. Or the third option: Both
It's all but confirmed that Vulture is a villain, the question is really if he's the only villain. It's hard to say if Rocket Racer, for example, is being set up in this one for a larger role in the sequel or if Rocket Racer is a major part of act three. If Wayne Brady is spotted in Atlanta anytime soon we can't rule out a Hypno-Hustler appearance, either.
Unspeakable Evil
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Well Miles and Peter weren't actually friends.
I was aware that Miles Morales is Latino. I'm also aware that this is Hollywood, where actors are cast as characters outside of their race or nationality
Edit: I'm being unnecessarily snarky. But yeah I wouldn't be surprised if this kid played Miles.
Introducing Miles earlier as a friend if Peter Parker would make it easier for audiences to make the transition from Peter to Miles as the new Spider-Man. Not that Holland would be axed, but they could spin the series off (no pun intended), and having a pre-established, and hopefully charming and like able miles could give Sony and Marvel a secondary Spider-Man franchise that wouldn't just feel like they're repeating themselves character wise.
I'm not thinking Miles should have powers in the first movie, but be introduced so the audiences are familiar with him if they wanted to go that route. Kind of like it'd probably be easier for Marvel to have Bucky or Falcon become the new Captain America if Evans stepped away from the role, and I imagine it'd be a better pill to swallow for audiences than just dropping either of them as the new Cap with no prior setup.
And there's no way they'd ignore Mile's latino side. His mother is a huge part of who he is, and his motivations as Spider-Man.
Edit: never say never, ice. We have no idea what Sony and Marvel's plan for Spider-Man is. I wouldn't be surprised if the spin off idea Sony originally wanted to have doesn't resurface in some form. Hollywood is about making money, and if they see that Miles as Spidey can make them money in some fashion (a spin off movie or tv series), I'm sure they'll see what can happen.
But like I said before, I think there's a greater chance of Abraham being Harry Osborn, or maybe an original character, than Miles.
Permanently A
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I genuinely do not remember if there was a black guy in Peter's highschool days. Who is this?
MisterHero
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On the contrary, Peter either dies or gets his body stolen in the first 5 minutes
Unspeakable Evil
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I mean Peter wasn't a particular important person to Miles. I doubt they would be need to make them friends.
that would be amazing
Nope lol that is why they keep pushing for a 30 year old to play a 13 year old.
OH PLEASE YES
Like Donald Glover is 32 years young. He can do the voice of Miles sure, but that nigga looks 30. He can't play an 8th grader
I'm a 13 year old boy, how can I live up to Peter? I wish I could talk to him but he's dead, oh wait, he's alive? And I'm 32?
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