Life imitates art. History repeats itself. The wheel comes full circle and whatnot. Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire—the three live-action Spider-Man leads have shockingly upheld one tradition seemingly intrinsic to the Spider-Man universe. What one can only deem a bizarre coincidence has been dubbed on the internet by many as the ‘Spider-Man Curse.’

Before anyone gets concerned, it’s not exactly a curse, per se, but a pattern that has weirdly followed the actors behind all the live-action iterations of the web crawler. With the precedence Tom Holland’s relationship with Zendaya has taken in pop-culture happenings, we must remind you: they are not the first pair to date from the live-action Spider-Man universe!

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Funnily enough, before them, The Amazing Spider-Man lead Andrew Garfield dated his on-screen love interest, Emma Stone, in real life. Preceding them were Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst! It...