MS. MARVEL Star Matt Lintz Reveals He Was Considered For SPIDER-MAN Role Alongside Tom Holland

The Walking Dead alum Matt Lintz plays Bruno in Ms. Marvel, and recently revealed that he was among the actors being considered for Spider-Man alongside eventual Peter Parker, Tom Holland.

By JoshWilding - Jun 23, 2022 05:06 AM EST

Filed Under: Ms. Marvel

Way back in 2015, Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures embarked on a hunt for their new Spider-Man. Andrew Garfield had been unceremoniously dropped from the franchise after starring in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, though it made sense to find a new, younger actor to reboot Peter Parker for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Matt Lintz was a relative unknown at the time, but he was said to be among the top choices for the role alongside Tom Holland and Charlie Rowe. The former would eventually be given the privilege of donning the iconic red and blue costume, though Lintz has since been given the chance to join a different corner of the MCU as Kamala Khan's best friend, Bruno, in Ms. Marvel.

Talking to Insider, The Walking Dead alum confirmed that he was indeed among those in the running to play Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War.

"I was in the top for Spider-Man, which eventually went to this guy, Tom Holland. I don't know if you know who he is," Lintz joked before revealing he met the actor while working on Ms. Marvel. "It was cool because he ended up coming to one of our sets one day and I just got to speak to him, and I look up to him in so many ways.

"He's such an amazing person and an actor and it seems like life has come full circle."

We'd have certainly been interested to see what Lintz brought to the table as Spider-Man, but Holland has put his mark on the character in a way that makes it difficult to imagine anyone else playing the web-slinger. Bruno is a great character in his own right, of course, and has already proven himself a key part of Kamala's transformation into the MCU's Ms. Marvel.

Would you have liked to see Lintz play Spider-Man?

Ms. Marvel is a new, original series that introduces Kamala Khan, a Muslim American teenager growing up in Jersey City. An avid gamer and a voracious fan-fiction scribe, Kamala is a Super Hero mega fan with an oversized imagination—particularly when it comes to Captain Marvel. Yet Kamala feels like she doesn’t fit in at school and sometimes even at home—that is, until she gets super powers like the heroes she’s always looked up to. Life gets better with super powers, right?

Joining Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel in the show are Aramis Knight, Saagar Shaikh, Rish Shah, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Matt Lintz, Yasmeen Fletcher, Laith Nakli, Azhar Usman, Travina Springer, and Nimra Bucha. Bisha K. Ali is the show's Head Writer, while episodes were directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah, Meera Menon and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

The first three episodes of Ms. Marvel are now streaming on Disney+.

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18 Comments

TheManWithoutFear - 6/23/2022, 5:53 AM

Have to admit, i would have liked him better. I still don't really vibe with Tom Holland as Peter.

Goldboink - 6/23/2022, 10:20 AM

@TheManWithoutFear -

Madman - 6/23/2022, 6:00 AM

He would’ve been 14 at the time. I have no idea how much that would’ve changed the trajectory, but I’m struggling to wrap my head around someone being years out from being able to drive, but headlining Spider-Man and event films

Madman - 6/23/2022, 6:01 AM

@Madman - this isn’t me complaining, I’m just thinking out loud and that would have been legitimately wild

micvalpro - 6/23/2022, 6:28 AM

meh, this guy is mediocre on the show. no loss there.

AC1 - 6/23/2022, 6:40 AM

That's interesting, kinda got some mild Peter Parker vibes from him in the series so far so I guess in a round about way that makes sense!

LegendaryOutlaw - 6/23/2022, 6:51 AM

I’m not surprised. I’m sure it’s not intentional but he just sounds like Tom Holland at times. It’s the way he talks. Some of his mannerisms. During the first episode I told my wife that he seems like Tom Holland.

KWilly - 6/23/2022, 6:59 AM

Interesting. Obviously glad Holland got the role, but I guess this guy could've worked? I still think about if Asa Butterfield would've been a good Spidey. He was super close to getting it, in fact, I think he pretty much did til he screwed it up lol.

suitekid - 6/23/2022, 8:15 AM

@KWilly - Asa was my choice but I’m glad he didn’t get it because then he wouldn’t have Sex Education on which he is fantastic.

tripttwe - 6/23/2022, 7:37 AM

How about:

for $200?

Picture this: a scientist, suffering inside the 5 year gap, gets creative and decides to take DNA from an assumed Spider-Man site pre-snapping.

He creates a formula that turns himself into the Jackal, while creating a Clone of Peter Parker named Benjamin Reilly. I think it'd be cool to splice some Captain America and Hawkeye in as well to up the Scarlet Spider's ante. Penny, penny.

VictorAlonzo - 6/23/2022, 7:44 AM

@tripttwe -

...go on...

tripttwe - 6/23/2022, 9:03 AM

@VictorAlonzo - This could be a great opportunity to see the likes of Alister Smithe, Tombstone, Hammerhead, and Sin Eater, trying to take lead of the underworld empire, behind the devastation of the Snappening.

The world is a different, darker place. Some stayed and fought the good fight, others became corrupt due to depression, utter devastation, P.ost T.hanos S.nap D.isruption.

The Punisher arrives on the scene. Sometimes ally, all times warrior, in a Warzone. We can see how the decimation takes shape in the MCU, while giving Ben his proper respects in a World that may not even know of his existence.

MS. MARVEL Star Matt Lintz Reveals He Was Considered For SPIDER-MAN Role Alongside Tom Holland

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