Jordan could play a male version of Mary Jane Watson. Yeahhhhhh - Pete Milan September 4, 2017īack in 2013, Garfield made headlines by saying Peter Parker should explore his sexuality, wondering, “Why can’t he be gay? Why can’t he be into boys?” He even mentioned the idea to Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb, suggesting that Michael B. Remember when Andrew Garfield was wondering aloud why Spider-Man couldn't have a boyfriend? A slew of Twitter and Tumblr posts claim Amazing Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield was actually “fired” for suggesting Peter Parker should be bisexual. That agreement became public knowledge in 2015, but this week it spawned a strange new conspiracy theory.

Specifically, he’s not allowed to be “a homosexual (unless Marvel has portrayed that alter ego as a homosexual).” In the case of Spider-Man, Sony and Marvel even drew up a legal contract to make sure Peter Parker would be portrayed as a straight, white man. Hollywood studios are notoriously conservative about queer representation, routinely refusing to include LGBTQ characters in blockbuster movies.