Zendaya Cast As Mary-Jane In Spider-Man

[Main Pop Girl]

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 Zendaya will be playing long-time Spider-Man love interest Mary Jane Watson in next summer’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” two individuals with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.

Diehard Spidey fans have long speculated about whom the 19-year-old Disney Channel star would portray in Sony’s high-profile reboot of the superhero franchise, starring British actor Tom Holland as a teenage Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man.

At least one recent draft of the script has Zendaya’s character dropping several clues to her identity as Mary Jane, one of the most familiar love interests in the Marvel superhero’s universe — and played by Kirsten Dunst in Sam Raimi‘s 2002-07 movie trilogy starring Tobey Maguire as the webslinger.

Zendaya, the star of the Disney Channel series “Shake It Up!” and “K.C. Undercover,” was cast back in March to play a “key role” as a character named Michelle.

At the time, no further details were provided about her character or whether it would the romantic lead opposite Holland — who made a sensational big-screen debut as Spidey earlier this year in Disney/Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War.”

Given how secretive superhero movie castings can sometimes be, pseudonyms are often used. Marion Cotillard‘s role in “The Dark Knight Rises” comes to mind.

Sony declined to comment. Representatives for Marvel and Zendaya did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.

Sony and Marvel have made it clear that director Jon Watts’ reboot — with a script by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley and Jon Watts & Christopher Ford and Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers — will focus on a high school-aged Peter Parker.

The cast also includes Michael Keaton, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Tyne Daly, Bokeem Woodbine, Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr.

“Spider-Man: Homecoming,” produced by Produced by Amy Pascal and Kevin Feige, will be released on July 7, 2017.

There's a lot of debate going on online over the fact that they're casting a black girl to play MJ and I understand both sides tbh. While I feel like I logically shouldn't care that Zendaya has the role, emotionally I do feel as though she should be played by a white girl and she should have her iconic red hair.

The weird thing is that I wouldn't mind if Spiderman or most of the other characters were cast as black, but for some reason I just really need her to be white.  Another part of it is that I just don't like Zendaya as a person and I feel like she hasn't paid her dues enough as a talented actress to get this part. But we'll see how she does, maybe I'll be proven wrong.

[Jimmy Gnecco]

Here's what some of of the people weighing in are saying!!

[Third Eye]

only one thing to say about it

I feel like this would be the worst SM film ever, the cast is a mess, I don't like anyone lol

[Baby V Alex]

People are so racist and sexist toward this kind of stuff I just can¡'t, they put up with the mess that Emma was they can easily get ove Zendaya's beautiful face.

[Main Pop Girl]

12 hours ago, Jimmy Gnecco said:

Here's what some of of the people weighing in are saying!!

This is what I mean.  Logically I agree with everything that this Jarrett person is saying but something about it just doesn't sit right with me. And I'm not even a Spiderman fan...  

8 hours ago, Baby V Alex said:

People are so racist and sexist toward this kind of stuff I just can¡'t, they put up with the mess that Emma was they can easily get ove Zendaya's beautiful face.

Emma was literally perfect in that role (along with Andrew) and you're a fucking mess.  

[Baby V Alex]

9 minutes ago, Countess said:

This is what I mean.  Logically I agree with everything that this Jarrett person is saying but something about it just doesn't sit right with me. And I'm not even a Spiderman fan...  

Emma was literally perfect in that role (along with Andrew) and you're a fucking mess.  

Then why they got cancelled? 

[Eros_92]

The whole casting of this movie is a mess. I like no one.

The Amazing Spider Man series was the best. Andrew and Emma really knew their characters and it stuck close to the comics.

If Marvel thinks THIS it eh direction they wanna go with their new SM it will flop harder then ASM2. 

[Main Pop Girl]

On 8/21/2016 at 5:02 PM, Baby V Alex said:

Then why they got cancelled? 

The same reason 'Pretty Girls' flopped.  

11 hours ago, Eros_92 said:

The whole casting of this movie is a mess. I like no one.

The Amazing Spider Man series was the best. Andrew and Emma really knew their characters and it stuck close to the comics.

If Marvel thinks THIS it eh direction they wanna go with their new SM it will flop harder then ASM2. 

I totally agree with you.  Andrew and Emma had such great and believable chemistry and they nailed the balance between nerdy and cute, unlike the original movies where Toby was nerdy and Kirsten was cute.  

[Baby V Alex]

3 hours ago, Countess said:

The same reason 'Pretty Girls' flopped.  

So you agree they were bad? 

[Main Pop Girl]

On 8/31/2016 at 3:01 AM, Baby V Alex said:

So you agree they were bad? 

No, I think they were handled badly by the higher-ups at their production agencies.