According to Rich Johnston and everyone else it seems that Emma Stone, who would seem like a natural fit for Mary Jane, has instead been cast as Gwen Stacy in the Spider-Man reboot. As most fans may remember, this is eerily similar to the casting of Kirsten Dunst, a natural fit for Gwen Stacy, as MJ in the original Spidey film. While I understand that Stone apparently is a natural blonde, the girl is famous for being a redhead. Furthermore, her personality seems more of a fit for MJ (just like Dunst’s personality was more of a fit for Gwen- as it was, Dunst always seemed to be playing a Gwen/MJ hybrid as opposed to the classic MJ). On top of that, I thought this was supposed to be a back to basics, Ultimate-style Spidey movie with an emphasis on a younger Spidey? It seems the actors being cast are all at ages where they could just pick up where the last movie left off and seem a bit too old to go back to the high school years.
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This is insane. But cool. I like her. She’s funny.
Yeah, it’s crazy, she would be totally perfect Mary Jane, I can’t imagine what the thinking is here.
Think sony just wants to move as far away from the “old” spidey films as possible. It’s an odd choice, for sure. But maybe she’ll be a cool blend of MJ and Gwen.