'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Cast Is Looking Refreshingly Diverse

Spider-Man: Homecoming continues to make power moves with the casting of Abraham Attah, the 15-year-old breakout star of Idris Elba’s Beasts of No Nation. Attah’s recruitment follows a busy week for the Spidey reboot, which also added Hannibal Buress and Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino.

Okay, okay, so #donald4spiderman didn’t quite work out, but we still got him in the movie! He’s a major talent along with his friend and co-star Buress, who heightened his profile with a supporting role in Broad City. All of the sudden, Hollywood is on the cusp of doing something it fails at all too often: casting a racially diverse (and accurate!) film.

Buress, Glover and Attah are joined by Kenneth Choi (The People v O.J. Simpson), Tony Revolori (The Grand Budapest Hotel), singer/dancer/actress Zendaya and Orange is the New Black’s Selenis Levya (rumored, but almost certainly true). Not only is this group supremely talented, but they’re also full of color.

Yes, Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr. and Michael Keaton are white, but that takes nothing away from their talent, and considering the cast Marvel has assembled, the trio appear to be minorities in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Peter Parker’s home – Queens, New York – is one of the most ethnically diverse areas in the world, so it’s quite refreshing to see a big budget blockbuster veering away from stereotypical whitewashing.

Spider-Man: Homecoming is the superhero’s solo entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s got people very excited following Spider-Man’s acclaimed debut in Captain America: Civil War. Properly representing the film’s setting and characters is only going to boost that anticipation.

Spider-Man: Homecoming arrives in theaters July 7, 2017.