Superhero films have come a long way in recent years, with executives at Marvel promising greater diversity in upcoming movies.
“You’re gonna see even more new faces - and faces from all different background, all ages, all ethnicities, LGBTIQ+, people who are differently abled,” Victoria Alonso, the studio’s executive vice-president of production, told Vulture earlier this year.
“It’s a priority to have authenticity, to increase representation, to give greater representation to actors who have not traditionally been represented in mainstream movies on the big screen.”
Expanding on the topic in an interview with Variety, Alonso said: “Why would we only want to be recognized by only one type of person? Our audience is global, is diverse, is inclusive. If we don’t do it that way for them, we will fail.”
So, could the first step be a gay Spider-Man? Actor Tom Holland reckons it's not out of the question.
Speaking to The Sunday Times, Holland, who plays Spider-Man in the new Far From Home film, said: “Yeah, of course! I can’t talk about the future of the character because honestly I don’t know and it’s out of my hands.”
He continued: “But I do know a lot about the future of Marvel, and they are going to be representing lots of different people in the next few years.
"The world isn’t as simple as a straight white guy. It doesn’t end there, and these films need to represent more than one type of person.”
Our spidey sense is, er, tingling?
