Zendaya Is Playing an Iconic Spider-Man Role, and There’s a Twist
Zendaya Is Playing an Iconic Spider-Man Role, and There’s a Twist
As per The Wrap, Zendaya is actually playing Mary Jane Watson, Peter Parker’s best-known love interest and one brought to the big screen by Kirsten Dunst in the first three Spider-Man films. According to Vulture’s own sources, Michelle’s real identity was a twist meant to be confirmed near the end of the film when she would finally invite Peter to call her “M.J.,” but a character reveal of this magnitude is a tricky thing to keep secret these days. To cite one recent example, fans figured out early that Benedict Cumberbatch would be playing Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness, but the filmmakers’ insistence on keeping his identity under wraps until halfway through the film did little but deprive them of a key marketing hook.
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