When it was first announced that Marvel had reached a deal with Sony to reboot Spider-Man and introduce him into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there was a lot of speculation that we might see a different take on the wall-crawler – specifically, that we’d see a non-white version of the character, be it Miles Morales, or a reimagined Peter Parker.
Given the actors that have been testing for the role, we now know that isn’t going to happen, and thanks to a leaked licensing agreement between Marvel and Sony (courtesy of Gawker), we also know why: Peter Parker can’t be anything but caucasian and heterosexual:
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Originally published June 19, 2015. Updated April 15, 2018.
