Donald Glover, one of the stars of NBC’s sleeper comedy hit Community, wants to play Spider-Man in the new reboot of the superhero franchise. Now the comedian is getting serious and taking his campaign to Twitter.

All Glover is asking is an audition for the role in director Marc Webb’s upcoming 3D Spider-Man 4 and he’s asking his fans and followers on the popular social networking site to get behind his efforts. Glover started the hash tag #donald4spiderman and he’s asking supporters to use it to show their support and get Webb’s attention.

Just last week rumours circulated naming the five young actors considered to be on the short list for the role. Billy Elliot star Jamie Bell was at the top, alongside relative unknowns Alden Ehrenreich, Frank Dillane, Andrew Garfield and Josh Hutcherson.

If Glover gets his wish and an audition, he’ll be the only African-American among the group of white faces. Glover’s efforts come just after geek culture blog io9.com published an editorial questioning why the new Spider-Man has to be white.

“So why couldn’t Peter Parker be played by a black or a Hispanic actor?” wrote Marc Bernardin. “How does that invalidate who Peter Parker is? I’m not saying that the producers need to force the issue; that they need to cast a minority just for the sake of it — but in the face of such underwhelming options like Billy Elliot and the kid who played young Voldemort, why not broaden the search?”

Glover currently plays loveable jock Troy on Community, the wonderfully subversive Thursday night comedy. Slashfilm reports that, as of Sunday night, Glover’s #donald4spiderman tag was “popping up on over 100 new tweets every 60 seconds.”