Earlier this year, we found out that Sony could have never drastically shaken up the status quo of Spider-Man with a race or sexuality change due to contractual obligations laid down by Marvel when they sold the rights all those years ago. Kevin Feige meanwhile had very little interest in altering Peter Parker's race in the upcoming reboot when asked about that, and in a recent interview with Mic, Andrew Garfield admitted to not having any idea about those limitations when he signed on to star in The Amazing Spider-Man movies. "I'm excited to get to the point where we don't have to have this conversation, where we can have a pansexual Spider-Man."
"The richness of the world we're in, the diversity of the world we're in; you look at the animal kingdom and you see it reflected. You look all over," he continued. "What are we so scared of? Why are we so, 'No, it has to be this way, a man and a woman.' Why is that even a conversation? We're scared of things that aren't us. Love is love. Skin is skin. Flesh is flesh. We're all wrapped in the same thing. I have no preference. The beauty about Spider-Man, for me, is that he's covered head to toe. That's why everyone thinks it could be them in that suit. You don't see skin color. You don't see sexual orientation. You don't see how old the person is, gender, the whole thing. I celebrate that. Anyone can be a hero in their own lives." That's a sentiment shared by many fans in fairness, but do you agree that it's time for a Peter Parker who is neither white nor straight?
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