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Hacked Sony emails reveal Spider-man can't be 'gay or black'

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ANI Washington

The latest tidbit to come out from the Sony hack is the list of demands Marvel made to Sony when licensing 'Spider-Man' flick.

The emails show the "mandatory character traits" needed to cast the "proper" Spider-Man/Peter Parker, which include (but are not limited to): male, does not have sex before the age of 16, not a homosexual, Caucasian, E! Online reported.

However, it was mentioned that Spidey can be gay if "Marvel has portrayed that alter ego as a homosexual."

The interesting thing about all of this is that the contract went into effect in September 2011, shortly after a black-latino Spider-Man was introduced in the comic book world.

 

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First Published: Jun 20 2015 | 10:57 AM IST

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