Will this Stranger Things actor be the next Spider-Man?

Caleb McLaughlin dreams of Miles Morales. And a viral video is already generating a lot of fantasies on the networks…

While Tom Holland will continue to weave his web this year in the cinema, with the new opus of the saga Spider-Man of the MCU, will a new version of the superhero see the light of day with an actor from Stranger Things ?

There is no real project announced at Sony or Marvel, but in recent days, a series of videos showing Caleb McLaughlin in full gymnastics and martial arts has ignited the networks. Enough to initiate speculation around a possible casting of the young 24-year-old actor as Miles Morales! So Caleb McLaughlin had to clarify things: no, he wasn’t auditioning.

“I would love to play Miles, but it was just a hobby I developed with friends”he explains. “I wasn’t preparing for anything. It wasn’t a costume audition. It was just Caleb being Caleb.”

Asked by E! Newsthe actor does not hide his enthusiasm at the idea of ​​a call from Kevin Feige, the boss of the Marvel Universe. One day, maybe…

“If he sees this and calls…I’m very interested. Very interested. Miles or anyone else? Miles. Yeah, Miles, definitely!”

McLaughlin says he trains with a sensei named Chris and readily describes himself as “a daredevil”.

Present at the premiere of his new animated film Goathe drives the point home in another interview: “I would love to play Miles.” Before adding: “Miles represents something bigger than me. Something bigger than a lot of people.” A bond that he feels all the stronger since he is from New York, like Spider-Man from Spider-Verse.

So no audition. But still a message sent to Marvel…