How 'Spider-Man' star Zach Barack, the first openly transgender actor featured in a Marvel film, shed his own secret identity
CHICAGO - If you haven't been living under a particularly obtrusive boulder for the last two decades, you know Spider-Man's story by heart. The Marvel Studios franchise has seen three separate actors in the titular role since 2002 (four if you count the animated "Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse"), and even as special effects makes leaps, the basic puzzle pieces remain the same. Say it with me: teenage nerd Peter Parker turns web-slinging hero, juggles pop quizzes and a secret identity, learns the definitive correlation between great power and great responsibility. There's a timeless divide in Peter's life, one he tries to straddle but can never quite breach: what the
