Martin Sheen has had an illustrious career that includes the likes of Apocalypse Now (where he was actually bleeding in the opening sequence), Wall Street, The Departed and The West Wing. However, for fans of superhero movies, he’ll always be best known as Ben Parker, a.k.a. Uncle Ben, in The Amazing Spider-Man, arguably the most underrated Spider-Man movie. And yet, Sheen had no idea when he took on the role what a big deal it was, though he certainly got the message a few years back during a special event.
During his appearance on Happy Sad Confused to talk about his body of work and his new podcast, The Martin Sheen Show, the actor was asked by host Josh Horowitz if he knew when he cast as Uncle Ben how iconic the character was to generations of young men and women. Sheen answered:
