 Stan Lee expressed his desire to play "Daily Bugle" editor J. Jonah Jameson.Lauren Bacall and Katharine Hepburn were considered for Aunt May, Peter Cushing as a sympathetic scientist, and Adolph Caesar as a police detective.With Cannon finances siphoned by the expensive "" and "Masters of the Universe", the company slashed the proposed "Spider-Man" budget to under $10 million.