Julie also cast Reeve for the lead role of Spider - Man in Spider - Man : Turn Off the Dark on Broadway .
In 2010 , he was hand - picked by the director Julie Taymor to play Ferdinand in William Shakespeare 's play The Tempest .
Julie Taymor also cast Reeve for the lead role of Spider - Man in Spider - Man : Turn Off the Dark on Broadway .
In 2010 , he was hand - picked by the director Julie Taymor to play Ferdinand in William Shakespeare 's play The Tempest .