Shailene Woodley opens up about Spider-Man role
Shailene Woodley has revealed her disappointment after her scenes were removed from The Amazing Spider-Man 2. The actress had been cast as Mary Jane Watson alongside Andrew Garfield. She discovered about a year later that her role would not appear. Speaking during a SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations interview, Woodley recalled receiving the news unexpectedly. She said […]
Shailene Woodley, known for her role as Mary Jane Watson in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, remains disappointed about being cut from the film, even a decade later. During a SAG-AFTRA event, she reminisced about the news she received a year after filming wrapped, expressing her excitement at the time but now feeling slighted. Woodley, who was particularly thrilled because Spider-Man is her favorite superhero and Mary Jane was her childhood favorite character, admitted she still wonders about the reasons behind her character's removal.
She believes producers may have deemed adding a second love interest to the film too challenging, but cautions that the real truth might never be known. Woodley's Mary Jane character was eventually dropped from the franchise when Sony and Marvel's 2015 deal brought Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Despite Garfield's later return to the role in Spider-Man: No Way Home, Woodley's cut from the film remains a sore spot for her.
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