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.
The 19-year-old actress and singer appears on the July cover of Cosmopolitan and shared with the mag her experiences working with racially insensitive people and her return to Disney.
“I didn’t like my hair and makeup one time on a photo shoot, and my publicist told me, ‘You should just be happy with it — they haven’t had a black girl on the cover since forever,’” Coleman said. “She’s no longer my publicist.”
I still REALLY hope she’s gonna be MJ. Like, I know her character name has been given as “Michelle” I think, but have my fingers crossed that at the end of the movie she’ll be all like “Oh, Michelle is just my stage name. My real name is Mary Jane Watson. Nice to meet you.” Or something.
I was ready to write off the new Spidey Rerebootboot, because
a. Peter as a teenager is very boring to me, personally, and I matter most. b. I’m burned out on superhero stories about guys. c. I don’t trust Marvel to recognize Mary Jane Watson’s importance to the Spider-man Mythos.
BUT NOW Zendaya’s joined the cast as M…ichelle. Which, ok, not ideal, but at least now Zendaya as MJ is in the air. People (me) are talking about how great she’d be. I’m sure there is a hashtag. I’m just really hoping that Marvel lets this happen for me. I won’t be satisfied with a “My name is Joseph Robin Levitt” reveal that her middle initial is J. She’s gotta be MJ. Please let her be MJ.
