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[Grassclipper]

Someone in the "quotation" thread posted this gif

and it made me remember something I thought about years ago.

Would Matthew Perry in his prime have made a good Peter Parker/Spider-Man? I think he could've been a pretty decent Peter Parker since he looked a bit like him when he wasn't all weird looking from the drugs. And he certainly have the comedic timing to be Spider-Man. I think this mainly comes from me starting to seriously read Spider-Man comics around the time JMS started to write them and simultaneously starting to watch Friends. But I'm really not sure, just something I know was on my mind a few years back and came back to me with that gif.

Thoughts?

 

[thesoapster]

I'd have a hard time taking him seriously.

 

[DirkDiggler]

I could see him play the part.Now the action scenes would be uncomfortable.

 

[aparisi2274]

"COULD I Beeee a better Spider-man?" - Chandler Bing

And no, I do not think he would have been a good choice to play Peter Parker.

 

[Cheebo]

No thank you.

 

[triplestation]

ill have what OP is having

 

[Eidan]

I remember him giving an interview once saying he didn't like lifting weights. A man like that shouldn't play Spidey.

 

[G-Fex]

isn't a young version of him just zac enfron?

 

[Count Dookkake]

Your friendsly neighborhood Spider-Man.

 

[Tathanen]

 

[Grassclipper]

Yeah the action scenes would make it hard to take him serious.

"Could this suit BE any tighter?"

 

[IHaveIce]

I remember him giving an interview once saying he didn't like lifting weights. A man like that shouldn't play Spidey.

so he doesn't even lift? pf



No not really but I don't know any actor who would fit perfectly as Peter, bodywise and behaviour-wise

 

[lordfroakie]

He can play the animated spiderman cartoon version...

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

Could he be any less Spider Man

 

[revolverjgw]

He can play the animated spiderman cartoon version...

That could work. His build is totally wrong, live action couldn't.

 

[maquiladora]

Spider-Man?

 

[BFIB]

Could I BE anymore shot web?

 

[bean breath]

Does anyone have a gif of him dancing/rapping from that Lifetime movie?

 

[Grassclipper]

That could work. His build is totally wrong, live action couldn't.

Yeah I guess he could do a voice but we got Josh Keaton for that. About the build, Tobey looked nothing like Peter either though. At least Andrew has that.

 

[Escape Goat]

Could he BE anymore of a Spider-Man?!

/Chandler

 

[Isak_Borg]

Yeah, nope , not seeing it.

Next thing you know people are going to be saying Wil Wheaton would make a great spider-man.

There's only one actor that embodies the spirit of Spider-man and that's Nicholas Hammond. Would be great if they adopted the Spider-Man Reign arc as a movie since he's old enough to play the Old Peter Parker.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Spider-Man? No.




Jay Cutler? Yes.

 

[Alphahawk]

Before Friends Matthew Perry was attached to a sitcom where he would of played a futuristic bellhop.

This has nothing to do with the topic of him playing Spiderman but man, think of a world where that would of went through..

 

[Kayo-kun]

Edward Norton would have been a great Peter Parker imo. It's sad that he was used in the Hulk series that went nowhere.

 

[Escape Goat]

Edward Norton would have been a great Peter Parker imo. It's sad that he was used in the Hulk series that went nowhere.

Did Peter Parker get held back a decade or two for school in this version?

 

[Kinvara]

I expected this thread to have something to do with Commodore Matthew C. Perry.

 

[Perspicacity]

Donald Glover

 

[Schweinehund]

Personally I think Gilbert Gottfried in his prime would be perfect for the part.

He's got the jokes down.

 

[Grassclipper]

Donald Glover

I never followed that thing, did he get to audition? I mean Peter Parker isn't a character who is defined by being white so I would have no problem with him getting the part if he was right for it.

 

[strafer]

No. Ross would.

 

[speculawyer]

His sharp nose would rip through the Spider-man outfit.

 

[shira]

Sure but only if Val can be bats

 

[Alphahawk]

Personally I think Gilbert Gottfried in his prime would be perfect for the part.

He's got the jokes down.

What? No, that would be awful. Spiderman with that voice?

 

[tmarques]

He's a horrible, horrible actor, there's nothing he could or should play.

 

[Silly.Mikey]

Hed have his hands in his pockets the whole movie. Hell no.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

Eh on Matthew Perry but when I was a kid, I was HYPED for this movie:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zO7PRxCn0EM/UAKRFMiotKI/AAAAAAAAIks/j_aqrFZYrhQ/s1600/cameronspidey.jpg

Alas, it was never meant to be. I read the script and the climax was originally planned for the WTC.

I think it was written in 1994.

 

[Alphahawk]

Eh on Matthew Perry but when I was a kid, I was HYPED for this movie:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zO7PRxCn0EM/UAKRFMiotKI/AAAAAAAAIks/j_aqrFZYrhQ/s1600/cameronspidey.jpg

Alas, it was never meant to be. I read the script and the climax was originally planned for the WTC.

I think it was written in 1994.

Apparently the script for that is notoriously terribad. It involves Dr Octopus trying to steel Spiderman's book report.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

Apparently the script for that is notoriously terribad. It involves Dr Octopus trying to steel Spiderman's book report.

There were a few different drafts.

The one I read had Spidey getting laid by MJ on a web or sumshit.

 

[Medalion]

Yeah... could I BE anymore of a man-spider?!

 

[cryptic]

What about Matt Leblanc? He was such a bad ass in lost in space.

 

[MisterHero]

He could've been a live-action Peter Parker too!

 

[G-Fex]

He could've been a live-action Peter Parker too!

hahaha awesome I forgot it was Greg Brady that did the voice

 

[Discotheque]

Personally I think Gilbert Gottfried in his prime would be perfect for the part.

He's got the jokes down.

Lol pretty much. You guys got your so called "funny" Spider-Man with ASM and it was shit. The fanboys are always wrong

 

[Fry]

No, but Ross could've played a good Riddler.

 

[DominoKid]

only if he plays it like Chandler Bing.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I remember the late '90s on the internet, and everyone immediately bringing up Nicholas Brendon as Spider-Man whenever people talked about whether a Spider-Man movie would ever get made. It happened EVERY time.

I always thought Nick Brendon was basically the high-school version of Matthew Perry.

So yeah - large chunks of people would have been okay with young Matthew Perry being Spider-Man. At least they were in the '90s.

 

[Freewheelin']

No, but Ross could've played a good Riddler.

lolwut

 

[Poyunch]

If we're throwing random actors with random comic book characters.

I always read Satchel Pooch from Get Fuzzy in the voice of Brad Garret.

 

[Grassclipper]

Years ago when rumors about Spider-Man 3 and who the villans would be was at a peak I jokingly made a thread on another forum and said that Frankie Muniz should play Rhino. People did not see the same brilliance in the casting as I did.

 

[Timedog]

Friends is one of the worst ultra popular network shows of all time and he would make a terrile Spiderman. Regardless of the context, I'd rather watch a bag of poop on fire than ever have to look at his face or hear his voice.