You can file this one in the "News of the Weird" category: Stan "The Man" Lee, the creator of Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, and many other classic Marvel Comics characters, said in a recent interview with MTV that recently deceased pop icon Michael Jackson had expressed interest in making a live-action Spider-Man movie before the reins were turned over to director Sam Raimi.
It was just in the discussion phase. Michael Jackson and I were rather friendly. We had met a number of times. In fact, he came to my house once with his son and I remember my wife took care of his son for about an hour while Michael and I were talking. He was quite a good father.... I had been to his place in Neverland and I really was very fond of Michael Jackson.
And, he did want — he wanted to do Spider-Man. Now, I'm not sure whether he just wanted to produce it or wanted to play the role, you know. Our conversation never got that far along.