Could Jake Gyllenhaal Have Come Close To Playing Both Spider-Man & Batman? Revenge Of Shinobi Boss

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In a previous video I mentioned some pop culture items that occured in 2016 may be hinted at in 1987 Sega ninja hack'n slash arcade video game, Shinobi. The 1989 Genesis sequel, The Revenge Of Shinobi, features an enemy boss at the end of Mission 6 called "The Metamorpher". He appears in two forms: first as a character who may closely resemble Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man. Midway through the fight he sprouts wings & transforms into something nearly identical to DC hero Batman!     Jake Gyllenhaal may be the actor who came the closes to playing both Spider-Man (Peter Parker) & Batman (Bruce Wayne) in a movie. He reportedly auditioned for Chris Nolan's Batman Begins in 2005 & may have filled in for Tobey Maguire following a back injury in the lead up to Spider-Man 2 (2004).  Gyllenhaal played Mysterio (Quentin Beck) in Spider-Man: Far From Home in 2019.  #shinobi #sega #spiderman #batman #mcu #dc #marvel #jakegyllenhaal #mysterio

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00:00Sega Genesis Ninja hack-and-slash action video game The Revenge of Shinobi in 1989.

00:08The enemy boss of Round 6, one of the more unusual characters to appear in video games,

00:15called the Metamorfer.

00:17He has two forms.

00:19The first resembles Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man.

00:24He then transforms into a winged version of something resembling a DC hero, Batman.

00:32Trying to find an actor who could have played both Batman and Spider-Man,

00:37Jake Gyllenhaal may have come close.

00:40According to People Magazine, in 2003, Gyllenhaal auditioned for the role of Batman

00:46in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, eventually played by Christian Bale.

00:51Reportedly, Gyllenhaal was going to fill in for Tobey Maguire in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man series

00:59for the second film in 2004, due to Maguire sustaining an injury that may have incapacitated him.

01:08Gyllenhaal eventually played Quentin Beck Mysterio in Spider-Man Far From Home in 2019.

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