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J.K. Simmons Responds To Fan Petition To Reprise His Spider-Man Role


We all know that J.K. Simmons was the perfect as J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, so it's no surprise that fans want to petition him to reprise his role in the upcoming Spider-Man reboot starring Tom Holland.

Entertainment Tonight caught up with Simmons at at the Spritit Awards, asked him what he thought about the fan petition and if he would be open to reprise the role, and here's his repsonse: "The petition that does not come from anybody in a position to do anything about it...Doing those movies with Sam was one of the great joys of my career. It was a super fun character, so I'll never close a door on anything"

Tom Holland's Spider-Man will first appear in Captain America: Civil War, which comes out in theaters on May 6, 2016.

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