In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Amazing Spider-Man 2 star Andrew Garfield brought up the idea of Spider-Man being either gay or bi-sexual. Garfield suggested that maybe Mary Jane could be a guy and Spider-Man could explore his sexuality. Garfield even had an idea on which actor should play Spider-Man’s boyfriend. Garfield said, “I’ve been obsessed with Michael B. Jordan since The Wire. He’s so charismatic and talented. It’d be even better—we’d have interracial bisexuality!”Of course, Michael B. Jordan has been rumored to be in the running to play the Human Torch in Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four reboot. After the rumors first surfaced, there was quite a bit of debate on the Internet over the possibility of an African-American actor playing a character, who is traditionally white in the comic books. Some have speculated that Garfield was specifically mentioning Jordan as a way of making a point that such things shouldn’t matter when it comes to casting an actor.With news of Andrew Garfield’s comments circulating the Internet, it was only a matter of time before someone asked Michael B. Jordan to respond. In an interview with VH1, Michael B. Jordan said, “No thoughts on that, but I am a fan of Andrew. He’s a talented actor, I admire his work, and I’d definitely love to work with him in the future. He’s a funny guy–he’s got a sense of humor and I love people that won’t take themselves too seriously all the time, so it’s cool for him to come out and say how he felt or joke around or whatever. It was fun, I laughed at it.”When asked his opinion on more open interpretations of comic book characters in general on film, Michael B. Jordan said, “I think a lot of times with comic books, there’s a continuity issue with people.I think with any kind of show, if you have a character you grew up with that gets recast, sometimes people feel a certain way about it. If it’s specific to race or other characteristics that can’t change and would be detrimental to the character, then I feel like they shouldn’t be changed. But just a generic ‘He’s American, he’s smart, he’s funny, his name is XYZ’? Then I feel like anybody could be able to play that role. Hopefully moving forward people will be able to be a little bit more open-minded. It’s 2013, you have to be able to illustrate that.”
