12 Actors We Forgot Were In Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy

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There are many big names and popular actors that are impossible to forget in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, but others may have faded from memory. The MCU’s Spider-Man movies, starring Tom Holland, have rightfully garnered praise for how they’ve built up the hero as central to the franchise, but the charm and tone of Raimi’s trilogy will forever keep it cemented as a Marvel movie mainstay. Fortunately, there’s been a deep resurgence in appreciation for the movies thanks to Raimi directing Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Spider-Man: No Way Home bringing back Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, and Thomas Haden Church.
As the MCU prepares for Spider-Man 4 with Holland, there’s a growing interest in Raimi and Maguire getting their own Spider-Man 4. It would be a thrilling and fantastic opportunity to reconnect with the distinct world Raimi created, especially if they can get everyone to reprise their roles. Regardless of if it happens, it’s brought on great appreciation for how this Spider-Man trilogy is a bit of a time capsule, and it would surprise those who haven’t rewatched the three films in a while just how many familiar faces there are.
12 Bryce Dallas Howard

Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy launched the careers of many actors who are household names now, including Bryce Dallas Howard. Spider-Man 3 was her first blockbuster film, in which she played Peter’s secondary love interest, Gwen Stacy. Of course, she was a central character in the movie, given her importance in the comics, but in retrospect, her legacy was largely overshadowed by Emma Stone’s turn as Gwen in The Amazing Spider-Man duology. It was more recent, and it made full use of Gwen.
Howard is perhaps best known for starring opposite Chris Pratt in the Jurassic World trilogy as Clair Dearing. Other notable roles include Hilly Holbrook in The Help, Rosalind in Kenneth Branagh’s As You Like It, and Victoria in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Nowadays, Howard is following in her father, Ron Howard’s footsteps and making a name for herself behind the camera. In addition to voicing Yaddle in Tales of the Jedi, she directed some of the best episodes of The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett.
11 Elizabeth Banks

Another major name audience might forget from these films is Elizabeth Banks, even though she was in all three Raimi movies. She played Betty Brant, J. Jonah Jameson’s secretary at the Daily Bugle and one of Peter’s most prolific supporting characters in the comics. Betty has been equally featured in the MCU’s Spider-Man trilogy, played by Angourie Rice. Interestingly, Banks originally auditioned for MJ, but she was deemed to be too old for the role despite only being a year older than Tobey Maguire. She was offered Betty Brant instead.
Banks' career was already on an uptick, and the Spider-Man trilogy only help her trajectory. Some of her most recognizable roles are as Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games series, Avery Jessup in 30 Rock - for which she was nominated for two Emmy Awards - and Lindsay in the Wet Hot America Summer movies and tv shows. As a producer, Banks has also been central to the Pitch Perfect series, the Charlie’s Angels reboot movie, and most recently, the hit comedy-thriller Cocaine Bear.
10 Joe Manganiello

In the MCU, Flash Thompson is played by Tony Revolori, but in Raimi's Spider-Man, it was Joe Manganiello who played Peter’s classmate and bully. This was actually his first professional credit after graduating from Carnegie Mellon University. He did eventually return in a brief cameo in Spider-Man 3, but starting in such a significant blockbuster was a big propellant for this future career. He eventually went on to join the cast for True Blood and starred in the Magic Mike series.
While his role as Flash didn’t develop further as Revolori’s Flash has in the MCU, Manganiello still got another shot at a major antagonist for Marvel’s rival, DC. Tragically, however, his turn as Deathstroke in Justice League was completely lost in the DCEU’s litany of problems, controversies, upheavals, and restructuring. He was even intended to be the main antagonist in Ben Affleck's Batman movie before that fell apart and was completely retooled into The Batman. Nevertheless, Manganiello could have a second life now in the DC Universe, as Deathstroke could be the perfect villain for The Brave and the Bold.
9 Dylan Baker

Spider-Man: No Way Home brought back Rhys Ifans’ the Lizard from The Amazing Spider-Man as one of the villains the Peters had to figure out how to save. Intriguingly, there could’ve been an alternative version of the supervillain from Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy. Dylan Baker played Dr. Curt Connors, the Lizard’s benevolent human counterpart and Peter’s college professor in both Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3. He never got to transform into the Lizard, but that may have been in the works before Spider-Man 4 was abandoned.

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