Top 6 Casting Choices For MCU Spider-Man

3. Grant Gustin

Anyone else think that Grant Gustin looks more like Peter Parker than Barry Allen? He’s not even blonde! Still, he’s great as the scarlet speedster and would be just as good as the webbed wonder. Their characters are pretty similar. Both are scientifically inclined… okay, that’s kinda it. Geez, there’s got to be something else. Uhhhh… they both have red in their costumes? Never mind.

Aside from The Flash and Arrow, Grant been in shows like Glee, 90210 and CSI: Miami, the 2014 movie Affluenza as well as the 2010 Broadway revival of West Side Story. At the very least, he could be in Turn Off the Dark.

2. Charlie Rowe

It’s another up and comer kind of actor. But unlike Billy Unger, Charlie Rowe hasn’t done as much stuff. But what he has done… is pretty damn excellent! His film roles include The Boat That Rocked, The Golden Compass and Never Let Me Go, in which he played a younger version of fellow Englishman Andrew Garfield.

And then there’s his television credits, which include the under-appreciated Red Band Society and the Syfy Miniseries Neverland, in which he played Peter Pan, alongside Rhys Ifans, who as we all know played Curt Conners in Amazing Spider-Man. Talk about 6 Degrees of Peter Parker!

1. Dylan O’Brien

I love this guy. I can’t help it! He’s just so damn likeable! Look at him! Look at his likeable little face! I just wanna smush it! And he’s a great actor on top of that. Most people know him as Stiles on the TV show Teen Wolf (Which is based on the 1985 film Teen Wolf despite not sharing any similarities beyond the character’s names and the idea of Werewolves), and Thomas in The Maze Runner, as well as the film The First Time and a very funny cameo in New Girl. Yes, I watch New Girl. What? WHAT? Don’t give me that look!

I guess the reason I gave Dylan O’Brien the top spot on this list is… when I think of a live action Peter Parker, he’s the kind of person I think of. He kind of embodies a lot of his attributes, both physical and otherwise. He’s just got this presence that I find matches the spirit of Spider-Man. Still, out of all the casting articles I’ve done for this site, not one candidate has ever been cast in the roles I selected for them. So what do I know?

But what do YOU think of this list? Was it a Spectacular Squad of Super Spidey’s or a Dull Demonstration of Depressing Duds? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter! Meantime, I’m going to find the CEO of Sony and laugh in his face while chanting “You were wrong! You were wrong! You were wrong!”.