There’s been lots of buzz surrounding Spider-Man: Homecoming after Peter Parker helped out Team Iron Man in Captain America: Civil War. And plenty of people have been obsessing over casting announcements including Hannibal Buress, Donald Glover, and Zendaya—prominent black actors joining a film that’s in a predominantly white Marvel movie universe.
Major news broke Thursday night when On Friday it was revealed that Zendaya will star as Mary Jane Watson in the upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming, according to two unnamed sources close to the project. Sony and Marvel have not confirmed the news.
Kristen Dunst played Watson in the Spider-Man movies from 2002-2007 and Shailene Woodley was intended to play her in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Zendaya would be the first black Mary Jane Watson, in both Spider-Man comic book and movie history. That means Marvel would finally be taking steps to diversifying its movies and expanding the scope of well-known characters. Miles Morales, a teen of African American and Puerto Rican descent, has been Spider-Man in Marvel comics since 2011, but he has yet to be portrayed on the big screen.
While there hasn’t been official confirmation from the studios on Zendaya’s role, many have accepted the 19-year-old Disney star’s casting—for better or for worse.
Many people are stoked about a Mary Jane played by Zendaya, especially at a time when “representation matters” has been widely discussed in Hollywood.
The TL when they found of @Zendaya was gonna be playing the role of Mary Jane Watson in the new Marvel Spiderman http://pic.twitter.com/qHA0pBHo6d
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) August 19, 2016
I have nothing to add to the Zendaya as MJ “debate” other than “yay” & “they already cast her, shut up, you’re on the wrong side of history”
— Kate Leth (@kateleth) August 19, 2016
My girls and I are huge Spider-Man fans and we are so amped that @Zendaya is going to be the new Mary Jane! So cool!
Game changer.
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) August 19, 2016
Zendaya is already, far and away the most fire Mary Jane Watson in history
— Kazeem Famuyide (@RealLifeKaz) August 18, 2016
Meanwhile, others were upset about the casting announcement. They have tried arguing that Zendaya’s simply not fit for the role or that she shouldn’t be Mary Jane because she’s not actually a redhead.
For some these seemed like veiled ways to complain that the role isn’t going to a white actress. And then there’s people out there that are just upfront about their racist attitudes.
The post Zendaya Playing Marry Jane Peter Parker Love Interest In ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ appeared first on The Bored Mind.
//
from The Bored Mind http://ift.tt/2bCiHr5
via JustViralNews
0 comments:
Post a Comment