Josh Hartnett reveals he turned down chance to play Spider-Man, Batman and Superman

Josh Hartnett has claimed that he turned down the opportunity play Superman, Batman and Spider-Man.

Hartnett, who has stared in films such as 40 Days and 40 Nights as well as Lucky Number Slevin told Details that he opted to decline the huge roles for fear of defining his career and struggling to escape the association.

"Spider-Man was something we talked about," says Hartnett. "Batman was another one. But I somehow knew those roles had potential to define me, and I didn't want that."

Hartnett also claims he turned down the lead role in Brian Singer's 2006 movie Superman Returns, "I didn't want to be labeled as Superman for the rest of my career. I was maybe 22, but I saw the danger."

However, Hartnett is open to playing the lead in a franchise. Asked how he would handle a similar offer now, he states: "I'd say, 'Let's talk about how it would be done, see if we can get on the same page. Compromise doesn't scare me anymore."

And no one associates him with Spider-Man, Batman or Superman.

SUCCESS.

It's a bit mind boggling that the studios wanted him for so dissimilar characters.

It's not as if he's Jon Hamm.

Now he would make a GREAT Spider-Man.

Spider-Ham.

Looking at pictures of Suri Cruise, she definitely bears a strong resemblance to Hartnett, much more than Cruise, but it seems more likely to me that Hartnett has just never been much of a box office draw.