Andrew Garfield’s superhero stint ended with The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which is an entire lot of film. Already full of plot and villains, Shailene Woodley’s Mary Jane Watson was reduce from the movie, and it’s one thing that’s nonetheless on her thoughts.
In a latest episode of SAG-AFTRA’s Conversations, Woodley recalled how changing into Mary Jane wasn’t an audition, only a discuss with director Marc Webb. It was a “rattling” expertise for her, significantly since she’d been auditoning for her roles as much as that time. “Once you audition and get chosen, whenever you’re on set, there’s zero doubt you’re the correct particular person for that function. Once you simply get a proposal or do a common assembly, it’s extra murky,” she stated. “I used to be like, ‘How do I do know that I’m who you need, and never simply who the studio needs?”
Regardless of worries, she was a Spider-Man fan and liked Mary Jane rising up, and enjoying her was a “dream. Once I obtained it, I used to be like, ‘That is so thrilling!’” She solely filmed just a few scenes with Garfield, however she was anticipated to have a bigger function in a third Amazing movie. A yr later, she obtained a “enjoyable telephone name” from Sony, who instructed her the MJ scenes had been being snipped so she might get a clear intro within the third film. It’s one thing Woodley understood, even when she goodnaturedly joked the studio truly regretted casting her.
Everyone knows what occurred subsequent: no Wonderful Spider-Man 3, and Tom Holland’s at present swinging it up as Spidey along with his spouse Zendaya enjoying his MJ. Sony, in the meantime, doesn’t appear eager to attempt to get Garfield again within the go well with like they may’ve after he entered Spider-Man: No Way Home to meant applause. It’s one thing he’s nonetheless apparently open to, although, so perhaps at some point we’ll see how that pairing would’ve fared within the maligned, short-lived universe.
[via The Hollywood Reporter]
Need extra io9 information? Take a look at when to anticipate the most recent Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s subsequent for the DC Universe on film and TV, and all the things you have to learn about the way forward for Doctor Who.
