How Jake Gyllenhaal Missed Out On Two Massive Superhero Movies In The 2000s

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Jake Gyllenhaal was considered to replace Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man due to an alleged back injury and tense negotiations for Sam Raimi's sequel in 2004, but Maguire did return for Spider-Man 2 and 3.
Jake Gyllenhaal nearly played Bruce Wayne in 2005's Batman Begins from Christopher Nolan and got far in the casting process, but Christian Bale ultimately got the role.
Gyllenhaal's biggest superhero role thus far has been as the villain Mysterio in Spider-Man: Far From Home, though he could still play a superhero in the near future.

Although actor Jake Gyllenhaal has yet to play a major superhero on the big screen, he almost played two of the biggest heroes in the early 2000s. Within two years of each, Gyllenhaal nearly became a live-action Spider-Man and a new live-action Batman. Although he didn't get either of the hero roles, the stories behind the missed opportunities are rather interesting, along with the potential for Gyllenhaal to perhaps claim a superhero role very soon.
Currently, Jake Gyllenhaal is one of a few popular names to play the next live-action Batman. Although Robert Pattinson is currently playing a younger Batman closer to the start of his career in Matt Reeves's ongoing trilogy, The Brave and the Bold and its presumably older Batman will be connected to the greater DC Universe reboot. Keeping that in mind, here's how Jake Gyllenhaal lost out on two major superhero roles in the early 2000s, and what it's led to in the years since.

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