"I was floored" Glover told MTV News. "Who doesn't want to play Spider-Man?"
The support that Glover received was off the wall:
"[But] the amount of support and people emailing me, calling me, I was just floored by it," he added. "I think it's really cool that people have that much faith in me. ... I'm happy. It did come out of nowhere. I was very flattered."
As for the infamous image of Glover looking at his Spidey hands in his Spidey suit, Glover states he did not create that image:
"I didn't [create] that," he said of the image. "I know the web thinks I did that, but somebody did that last year as a joke. ... When the Spider-Man thing started, I posted it, but somebody else did that a year ago. I wish I did that. I'm somewhat proficient at MS Paint, but somebody else did that."
Glover also noted the various web sites and Comic Book artists that showed Glover support through their work:
"The website where the guys are doing the Spider-Man covers by different comic book artists really floors me," he said. "They're really cool. I'm just amazed that somebody's doing that."
"But the one that had me on the ground rolling, there's one with me as Peter Parker, Aubrey Plaza as Mary Jane and Danny Glover as Uncle Ben. It's poorly done, but it's hilarious to me," he said. "I always thought Morgan Freeman would be better, but people were like, 'You two have the same last name — you have to do it.' It made me laugh a lot. I think that one's my favorite."
And what was Glover's reaction to mega stars like Stan Lee reaching out and giving him an atta boy?:
"I was very surprised, but also humbled. It was very cool that they did that, because they didn't have to," he said. "If you had gone back in time and told 8-year-old me that one day Stan Lee would call you a fine actor, I'd probably jump out a window."
"All I can say is that I think it's good that people aren't thinking about that kind of stuff," said the actor when asked about the heated debate regarding race and casting that the campaign has ignited. "I don't think people are trying to make statements or anything like that. I think it's just that actors want to play cool parts. I think that's the heart of acting."
What does Glover think of Spider-Man and will he be watching the reboot regardless if he is in it or not?:
"It's very cool that people want me to do it. I work for Sony, I'm a big fan of Spider-Man, I'm glad that people are talking about the new reboot because I think it's going to be awesome regardless of whether I'm in it or not."
"If the biggest thing that comes out of this is two fake Spider-Man covers with my face on them, that's way more than I could ever ask for," he said.
When Angelina Jolie was announced to play Cleopatra there was immediate backlash from the African American community. But when Glover is announced as a POSSIBLE candidate for Peter Parker everyone is suppose to love one another and be totally cool with it. What would the response be if the Black Panther role went to Bradley Cooper? It wouldn't be good. Keep the roles as they should be, if you shake up to many things the franchise gets to a place that becomes unrecognizable. Besides that, something's just shouldn't happen. I will take this time to quote the great Paul Mooney in one of The Chappelle Show episodes from a few years back: "That's like a movie called The Last N%^@r on Earth starring Tom Hanks, man come on."