Luca Guadagnino wanted to direct this Spider-Man film because he’s ‘kind of a megalomaniac’

Luca Guadagnino, who brought us Queer and Challengers this year, wanted to direct a Spider-Man superhero film.

Speaking at the Marrakech Film Festival, in Morocco, where he was heading the jury, Guadagnino said he wanted to direct 2012 film The Amazing Spider-Man.

The film starred Andrew Garfield, who was also on the film jury, as was Saltburn‘s Jacob Elordi.

Garfield, who played the webbed wonder and his alter ego Peter Parker in a sequel in 2014, before making a surprise return as one of three Spideys in 2021’s No Way Home, was asked about the role and admitted: “I had to work very hard to have less people ask questions about Spider-Man.”

According to Variety, Guadagnino replied that he found Spider-Man a “fascinating superhero”, adding: “I remember when Sam Raimi

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