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For all the fellow Spider-Man fans out there, Tobey Maguire gave us the first peek at the first cinematic Spider-Man.

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Tobey starred in Sam Raimi's first three Spider-Man films and he is obviously remembered fondly by everyone for the role.

Since then, the superhero character has been played by English actors Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland, in their own The Amazing Spider-Man and Marvel Studios' Spider-Man franchises.

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In what was a treat for all fans, the three Spider-Men actually united together in Spider-Man: No Way Home, and boy, it was amazing seeing Tobey and Andrew's Spidey come back to the screens.

However, did you know that things could have been a whole lot different for all these movies?

I mean, what if I told you that there would be no Tobey Spider-Man.

Yep! Sounds weird, right? Well, it was almost the truth!

As reported, Tobey Maguire wasn't the first actor who was called up for the Spider-Man role. It was actually Don't Look Up actor, Leonardo DiCaprio!

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James Cameron, who directed movies like the Titanic and Avatar, was set to make the first Spider-Man movie and there was even a script ready for it, with James preferring a young Leonardo for the role, having worked with him in Titanic.

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While speaking about it with Empire Magazine, Leo said, "There was a screenplay. I know he was semi-serious about doing it at some point, but I don’t remember any further talks about it. We had a couple of chats. I think there was a screenplay that I read, but I don’t remember. This was 20 years ago!”

He also spoke on how things wouldn't have changed even if he had starred in the movie.

“I’m not sure anything would have changed,” said Leo.

Wow! Things might not have changed for the Oscar winner but we're pretty sure things would be a lot different for us.

According to Screen Rush, Cameron's Spider-Man screenplay was what the director said, “greatest movie I never made.”

As per reports, the script was a lot grittier and there was also a *** scene between Spider-Man and love interest, Mary Jane while being webbed to the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.

It was also reported that Arnold Schwarzenegger was also eyed for the movie.

However, it didn't happen, and as per reports, Leo actually went on to recommend his 'best friend' Tobey Maguire for the role of Spider-Man.

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The rest is history, folks! 

Source: Koimoi

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