
Age: 25
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Joshua Taylor Bassett (born December 22, 2000) is an American actor and singer. He began his career as a teen actor, appearing on the third season of Disney Channel family sitcom Stuck in the Middle (2018) as Aidan Peters. Bassett rose to prominence for his leading role as high school student Ricky Bowen in the Disney+ streaming series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019–2023), and for its accompanying soundtracks, for which he was nominated for two Children's and Family Emmy Awards, winning in 2023. He also starred in Better Nate Than Ever and led the voice cast in Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again (both 2022). In music, Bassett was signed to Warner Records in 2020 and subsequently released four extended plays. His debut album The Golden Years was released on July 26, 2024. He is currently starring as Seymour Krelborn in Little Shop of Horrors on Broadway.

Joshua Bassett

Harry Osborn
for Harry Osborn in Spider-Man Brand New Day
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Peter Parker (20) is a struggling ESU sophomore balancing a chaotic job at Delmar's Deli with his life as a hero. The film opens with a high-speed chase through Queens as Peter, on a delivery bike, foils a heist by Boomerang, a low-rent mercenary using stolen Oscorp tech. Peter wins, but the "data theft" behind the robbery points to a deeper conspiracy. Enter Norman Osborn (Stephen Moyer), a ruthless billionaire facing a corporate coup. To save his empire, he injects himself with the experimental Green Goblin serum. Moyer portrays Norman not as a cartoon, but as a high-functioning sociopath whose mind fractures into the "Goblin" persona, a tactical, shadow-dwelling urban hunter. While Peter builds a friendship with Harry Osborn, Norman begins a psychological game of cat and mouse. The Goblin targets Oscorp’s board members, framing Spider-Man for the violence. The tension peaks when Norman visits Peter at the deli; without a mask, he subtly threatens Peter’s life, revealing he’s deduced Spider-Man’s proximity to the "Daily Bugle" photographer. The finale is a brutal, rain-slicked battle at the ESU Science Hall. Peter must use his wits and makeshift gadgets to stop a series of "Pumpkin" thermobaric charges. He saves his classmates, but Norman escapes into the night, twisting the media narrative to emerge as a public hero. Peter is left broke and battered, knowing his greatest enemy now runs the city’s security.
