Joe Jonas Lost Out On Spider-Man To Andrew Garfield

The Spider-Man that almost was.

It’s no secret {that a} job in showbiz comes with its justifiable share of rejections, and now Joe Jonas has opened up about the way it feels to narrowly miss out on the function of your goals.

Talking throughout an episode of the Only for Selection podcast this week, the Jonas Brothers bandmate revealed that he auditioned for the titular function in The Superb Spider-Man. The film got here out in 2012 starring Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy and Andrew Garfield because the lead.

Andrew donned the swimsuit for a complete of three motion pictures, most just lately reprising the function in final yr’s Spider-Man: No Method House, by which he joined forces with previous and current Spideys, Tobey Maguire and Tom Holland.

Attempting out for the long-lasting half is a notoriously rigorous process, with Tom, the present Spider-Man, having beforehand revealed that he submitted 5 self-tapes and auditioned eight instances over the course of 5 months earlier than he was ultimately solid in 2015.

And regardless of being greatest recognized for his musical profession, Joe was wanting to audition, and recalled his pleasure through the prolonged casting course of.

“I bear in mind years in the past I used to be up for Spider-Man and I used to be so, so excited and it was the yr Andrew Garfield obtained it. Clearly, he was the appropriate one,” he revealed.

“I keep in mind that was an enormous factor on the time, going again for callbacks,” he mentioned, explaining that he already had one foot within the door due to his connections with the movie’s director, Marc Webber, who had beforehand labored on music movies.

Wanting again on the expertise, Joe mirrored on the difficulties that include rejection in Hollywood and methods to overcome it, saying: “Within the second, you are destroyed otherwise you’re defeated. However you notice [the person who got the part] was sensible.”

Whatever the end result, the singer mentioned he nonetheless liked getting the prospect to develop as an actor through the casting course of.

“However you recognize what? I like the method of auditioning and placing your self on the market and having to show your self,” he mentioned. “It ought to by no means be a shoo-in for anybody.”

When requested in regards to the chance throughout an interview with MTV Information, Joe sneakily dodged the query — maybe now we all know why.

And quick ahead a decade, Joe has put the previous behind him and is targeted on his function within the model new film, Devotion.

Talking about this auditioning course of, the 33-year-old gushed about enlisting the assistance of a tremendous appearing coach — who simply so occurs to be his spouse, Sophie Turner.

“I clearly love appearing and it is one thing I’ve all the time wished to get again into. And it was similar to another audition course of,” he mentioned. “Put myself on tape and referred to as again on tape, met the director J.D. [Dillard], we spoke in regards to the mission and it went from there.”

“When you’ve a spouse like Sophie Turner, who is an outstanding actress, the one filming you and directing you thru it, you bought to carry your A-game,” he mentioned of engaged on self-tapes through the peak of the pandemic.

He continued: “She’s my hardest critic. Sure, I’ll be somewhat nervous [but she’s] tremendous useful and I really feel like what an amazing appearing coach to stroll me by this. And I do have her to thank.”