“It Has To Be Me”: NCT’s Mark Wants To Be The Next Spider-Man
Since NCIT HOUSE was released, in which NCT‘s Johnny and Jaehyun were suspicious that Mark was Spider-Man, it’s been a common joke in the fandom that Mark might actually be Spider-Man.
Some NCTzens have even compared Mark to current Spider-Man actor Tom Holland. They think Mark’s voice is actually very similar to Spider-Man secret identity Peter Parker’s.
another video filed under the “mark lee is spiderman” folder pic.twitter.com/bmLPNpgD2p
— ナ (@jaezeni) January 13, 2022
Mark finally transformed into Spider-Man for Halloween in 2021, wearing the suit. His costume even caught the attention of Eric Nam.
mark lee is spiderman pic.twitter.com/Mjj1kxw4xd
— mark loops (@mkloops) October 31, 2021
MARK LEE IS SPIDERMAN pic.twitter.com/02sQnY1tKV
— mark loops (@mkloops) October 31, 2021
Mark has also told NCTzens that he would love to play an Asian version of Spider-Man.
231004 KMS Fansign #MARK
🌱 Let’s play qna game but mark can only answer Mark Lee, is that okay?
🐯 Ok
🌱 Who is the best person in the world at frying eggs?
🐯 Mark Lee
🌱 Who is the best person in the world at playing the Asian Spiderman?
🐯 Mark Lee pic.twitter.com/AO5O0tod8N— 李马克有重要的话说 🍳🌷 (@802vibe) October 4, 2023
Now, Mark has guested on the latest episode of DIVE Studios‘ podcast Daebak Show w/ Eric Nam. Host Eric Nam mentioned Mark’s many nicknames, and Mark chose his favorite to be “Spider-Man.”
Today, I’m going just say Spider-Man.
— Mark
Eric Nam remembered Mark wearing the Spider-Man costume, so he assumed the nickname was due to that. So, Mark explained how fans also have pointed out similarities between him and Spider-Man.
mark knows how we correlate almost everything he does to spiderman 😭 he knows about our spidermark agenda hfhsjdh pic.twitter.com/J7BR4k3HpC
— mari ◡̈ (@markzcity) October 10, 2023
Eric Nam: Oh, is that when you wore a Spider-Man costume?
Mark: Not only that…
Eric Nam: I remember seeing that.
Mark: They kind of correlate me with the actual Spider-Man from the movies, and they say that I have like… I share some similarities. I don’t know. Actually, I do know. I can see why they think that, though. And I’m a fan of the Spider-Man series too.
Eric Nam: Is Spider-Man your favorite superhero?
Mark: Out of the Avengers, yes, I’m going to go with Spider-Man.
So, Eric asked Mark what he would say if Marvel Studios ever called him, looking for a new actor to play Spider-Man. Mark said that if they ever wanted an Asian actor to play the character, it has to be him.
I have said this to my fans once… If they ever need an Asian-looking Spider-Man, it has to be me.
— Mark
mark saying if marvel ever needs an asian spiderman it has to be him! .@MarvelStudios 😁
Mark Lee x Daebak Show#MARKingDaebakShow#대박쇼만큼_NCT마크_대박나기를 pic.twitter.com/UGVUouKMMS
— mark loops (@mkloops) October 10, 2023
Mark then revealed an origin story of how he became known as Spider-Man. It was his fellow NCT member Chenle who first pointed out that Mark has the physical skills of Spider-Man. NCTzens have also noticed that Mark has amazing reflexes.
You know, I was in the park once playing basketball with Chenle, and there were kids and one of their shoes… or was it a ball? It got stuck up on a roof, and I climbed up and got it for him. I didn’t think of it, but Chenle was the one who said, ‘Yo, you kind of look like Spider-Man there for a moment.’
— Mark
🐯 i was in the park once playing basketball with chenle and there were kids and one of their shoes or was it a ball? got stuck up on a roof and i climbed up and got it for him and i was like.. i didn’t think of it but chenle was the one that said pic.twitter.com/pySRX2Mhei
— ◡̈ 🍳 (@LMKLOOK) October 10, 2023
We definitely think Mark would make the perfect Spider-Man!
Watch the full episode of Daebak Show w/ Eric Nam below.
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