Andrew Garfield: "Why Can't [Spidey] Be Gay?"

We learned last month that Shailene Woodley's scenes as Mary Jane Watson, the perennial red-headed love interest of Pater Parker in the Spidey comics had been cut from Marc Webb's "The Amazing Spider-Man 2"--Soon after it was suggested that actress Sarah Gadon ("Cosmopolis," "A Dangerous Method") was up for the role in the next film...

Peter And Harry Osborn

Now star Andrew Garfield tells EW that he recently had a philosophical discussion with producer Matt Tolmach about Mary Jane and came up with an idea that would no doubt stir the pot:

"I was kind of joking, but kind of not joking about MJ, and I was like, ‘What if MJ is a dude?’ Why can’t we discover that Peter is exploring his sexuality? It’s hardly even groundbreaking!… So why can’t he be gay? Why can’t he be into boys?"

He even has someone in mind for the role:

"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!"

In a later interview, director Webb hardly needed any prompting when asked if Garfield had talked to him about the idea, saying "Michael B. Jordan, I know."

In the newest sequel Garfield will return as Peter Parker and Emma Stone is gonna reprise her role as Gwen Stacy. Do these recent set pics confirm that the classic story The Night Gwen Stacy Died is part of the film? For the record Stone endorsed the idea last August when The Amazing Spider-Man was still in theaters...

Dane DeHaan ("Chronicle") has won the role of Harry Osborn Osborn of course is Peter Parker's best friend and eventual enemy who was played by James Franco previously. Jamie Foxx will be playing bad guy Electro. Paul Giamatti plays the villain, the Rhino Chris Cooper has been cast as Norman Osborn--who eventually becomes Spidey's number one foe--The Green Goblin--The character was played previously by Willem Dafoe Felicity Jones (Like Crazy), has an undisclosed role in the film. Former Office star B.J. Novak has an unspecified role in the film.

Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jeff Pinkner are writing the script based on a previous draft by James Vanderbilt.

Avi Arad and Tolmach will produce.

The new film is now in production to meet its May 2nd 2014 release date.

Both The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 4 already have release dates