British actor Andrew Garfield might want Spiderman to have a black male lover in future films, but what does the man in question think about it?

The new Marvel hero actor caused a stir when he suggested bringing in a new love interest for Peter Parker.

He said there was no reason MJ, played by Kirsten Dunst in the Tobey Maguire Spiderman movies, shouldn’t be played by Michael B Jordan, famous for appearing in The Wire.

In response, Jordan said he was keen to work with Garfield in the future.

‘No thoughts on that, but I am a fan of Andrew,’ Jordan told VH1. ‘He’s a talented actor, I admire his work, and I’d definitely love to work with him in the future.

‘He’s a funny guy – he’s got a sense of humour, and I love people that won’t take themselves too seriously all the time, so it’s cool for him to come out and say how he felt or joke around or whatever. It was fun. I laughed at it.’

Jordan also addressed the rumors he would be playing the Human Torch in the Fantastic Four reboot, played by Chris Evans in previous films.

‘I think a lot of times with comic books, there’s a continuity issue with people,’ he said.

‘I think with any kind of show, if you have a character you grew up with that gets recast, sometimes people feel a certain way about it

Jordan added: ‘Hopefully moving forward people will be able to be a little bit more open-minded. It’s 2013, you have to be able to illustrate that.’

The Amazing Spiderman 2 will be released on 2 May 2014, followed by two more sequels in 2016 and 2018.

