History Trivia / TheAmazingSpiderman

*** A minor example, but Creator/RicardoTejedo voiced a news presenter, having previously participated in ''Film/SpiderMan2'' voicing John Jameson.

** Creator/MichaelPapajohn portrayed carjacker Dennis Carradine, the man indirectly responsible for Uncle Ben's death, in Sam Raimi's 2002 ''[[Film/SpiderMan1 'Spider-Man]]''. He actually asked to reprise said role, but he had an uncredited cameo as Dr. Ratha's driver, Alfie.

** Creator/MichaelPapajohn portrayed carjacker Dennis Carradine, who was supposedly Uncle Ben's killer, in Sam Raimi's 2002 [[Film/SpiderMan1 ''Spider-Man'']]. He actually asked to reprise said role, but he had an uncredited cameo as Dr. Ratha's driver, Alfie.

** Same applies to Max Charles, the kid who plays Young Peter. He's nine years old, but Peter in the beginning is around 4.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/JoshHutcherson, Creator/LoganLerman, Creator/AldenEhrenreich, Creator/AntonYelchin, and Creator/JamieBell were the final contenders for the role of [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] before Creator/AndrewGarfield was cast. Bell would eventually go on to play [[ComicBook/TheThing Ben Grimm]] in ''{{Film/Fantastic Four|2015}}''.
*** Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson, Creator/MichaelAngarano, and Creator/FrankDillane screen-tested for the titular part as well before the casting of Garfield. Johnson would later go on to portray [[ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} Pietro Maximoff]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsKravenTheHunter Kraven the Hunter]] in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' and Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse respectively.
** Creator/LilyCollins, Creator/TeresaPalmer, Creator/EmmaRoberts, Creator/ImogenPoots, and Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead were considered for the role of ComicBook/GwenStacy before the casting of Creator/EmmaStone.
*** Creator/MiaWasikowska, Creator/DiannaAgron, Creator/GeorginaHaig, and Creator/DominiqueMcElligott also auditioned for Gwen Stacy before the casting of Stone.
** Creator/ChristophWaltz and Creator/MichaelFassbender were considered for the part of Curt Connors before Creator/RhysIfans was cast. Fassbender would eventually go on to play [[ComicBook/{{Magneto}} Erik Lehnsherr]] in the Film/XMenFilmSeries.
** Creator/JulianneNicholson was originally chosen as Mary Parker before the casting of Creator/EmbethDavidtz, but dropped out of the project due to scheduling commitments to ''Theatre/AugustOsageCounty''.
** Creator/WesAnderson, Creator/KathrynBigelow, and Creator/DavidFincher were initially offered to direct the film before [[Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer Marc Webb]] was hired. Fincher was previously considered to helm ''Film/SpiderMan1'' before Creator/SamRaimi was hired.
** The script for ''Spider-Man 4'' which caused Raimi to leave the series and Creator/ColumbiaPictures opt to simply go for a ContinuityReboot rather than find a new director and cast to continue Raimi's story. For more info on the script itself, see [[Trivia/SpiderManTrilogy here]].
** A lot of footage that featured Dr Connors wound up cut from the film, including a brief appearance of his son Billy and [[spoiler:a sequence that saw Spider-Man encountering Dr. Rathra in Connors' lair after the fight at the school and ultimately ended in the Lizard killing Rathra]]. These scenes were later included on the DVD.

** Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson, Creator/MichaelAngarano, and Creator/FrankDillane screen-tested for the titular part as well before the casting of Garfield. Johnson would later go on to portray [[ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} Pietro Maximoff]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsKravenTheHunter Kraven the Hunter]] in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' and Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse respectively.

** Creator/MiaWasikowska, Creator/DiannaAgron, Creator/GeorginaHaig, and Creator/DominiqueMcElligott also auditioned for Gwen Stacy before the casting of Stone.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/SpiderMan Enough for its own page]]

** Same applies to Max Charles, the kid who plays Young Peter. He's nine years old but Peter in the beginning is around 4.

** An extended scene of Peter storming off into the night and buys a ‘Milk Chug’ where he bickers with a store clerk over two cents as the Peter’s after costs. When Peter was leaving the cash register thief steals the money and gives the milk chug to Peter, once the store clerk notice this he yells at Peter for not stopping him. Peter then rest at the bottom of the railroad and checking his phone calls from Uncle Ben, he notice gunshot was fired of miles away.
** While walking down the alleyway an old man was laying in the ground which Peter ran across revealing to Uncle Ben, skulking on his dead body. This led to an extended scene of Aunt May and Peter upset on Uncle Ben's death and more on the suspected killer.
** Dr. Connors appears at Peter’s doorstep and offer his sympathy after the death of Uncle Ben. During his conversation with Peter, Connor asks to take the time to look at his three-legged lab mouse, in which he’s grow another leg, thanks to Connors’ serum.

** The Lizard makes his way to the Midtown Science High School in a toilet cubicle. Finding two girls in the stall, The Lizard then stared at the two petrified teens. The Lizard uses his tongue lolling out near the girls’ faces and then leaves as the girls proceeded to scream.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: This was the last ''Spider-Man'' film to be produced by Laura Ziskin before her death from breast cancer in 2011.

* {{Jossed}}: When the first film came out, people suspected that the Man in Shadows was Norman Osborn under the guise of the Green Goblin. However, Rhys Ifans and Marc Webb confirmed that he was a different character. They did clarify that he is associated with Oscorp.

* DawsonCasting: 29-year-old Creator/AndrewGarfield and 24-year-old Creator/EmmaStone as the teenaged Peter and Gwen.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: This was the last ''Spider-Man'' film to be produced by Laura Ziskin before her death in 2011.

* RoleReprise: Andrew Chaikin, who had previously voiced Spider-Man in ''Ultimate Spider-Man: Total Mayhem'', reprises his role in 5e [=iOS=] version.