Chris Pine's fans are shocked to discover he starred as an iconic Marvel ... trends now
Some of Chris Pine's most dedicated fans were shocked this week to learn that he has been a Marvel superhero for years.
It was widely known that he had been a star in the DC Extended Universe, though he is seemingly done with his time as a star of the comics-based film studio.
The 42-year-old actor made a splash in 2017's Wonder Woman as Steve Trevor, the love interest and side-kick to Gal Gadot's title character.
He went on to reprise the role in 2020's critically reviled sequel Wonder Woman 1984, but Pine's fans recently discovered that he had another role in the competing Marvel Cinematic Universe — which many of them were completely unaware of.
But a year after he hit theaters in Wonder Woman, Pine appeared as one of the most popular Marvel superheroes of all time — though not in the flesh.
Secret role: Chris Pine has made two films as part of DC's Extended Universe, but his fans were shocked this week to learn that he has already played one of Marvel's most iconic superheroes without them even realizing; seen in March in Los Angeles
Pine starred with Gal Gadot as the title character's love interest Steve Trevor in 2017's Wonder Woman (pictured), as well as it's 2020 sequel Wonder Woman 1984
On Monday, a tweet made the rounds that looked back on the acclaimed animated film Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse.
The film follows the exploits of Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), an alternate-universe version of Spider-Man who is a current star of ongoing comic series.
His universe's Peter Parker/Spider-Man offers to train him to use his skills and powers for good, only for him to be shockingly killed off early in the film by one of the primary antagonists, Kingpin (Liev Schreiber).
Many fans who caught the film in theaters likely didn't realize that it was Chris who voiced the deceased version of Spider-Man, as his role wasn't announced in advance and only came to light after a publicity screening shortly before the film's release.
Pine played his version of Spider-Man as the ultimate, most professional version of the crime fighter, but his unexpected death revealed just how much danger Miles was in by trying to take his place.
The hero-in-training soon learned that he wasn't the only remaining Spider-Man, as his trip into the multiverse revealed other Peter Parkers, as well as completely different characters who had taken on the role, including a film noir–inflected detective-like Spider-Man voiced by Nicolas Cage and a hilarious pig-like Spider-Ham, who was played by a particularly hammy John Mulaney.
The tweet that got fans talking on Monday noted that three of the main Spider-Men featured in Into the Spider-Verse and its upcoming sequel Across The Spider-Verse — Pine; Jake Johnson, who played a more traditional version of the hero; and newcomer Andy Samberg, who plays the Scarlet Spider in the new film — came from Jewish backgrounds.
Despite the fact that Into
