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Zendaya's role in SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING has been revealed!
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I can't say I'm surprised. You could see this coming from a mile away, especially given how secrecy seemed to surround the actress's initial casting.
I generally approve. I haven't really seen Zendaya act before (if anyone has any reassuring YouTube clips showcasing the actress's acting ability, I'd be grateful) but from an outsiders perspective she does seem like a great fit for the character.
However, I do confess I feel a little unhappy about the casting purely on account of how it might prevent the character from being portrayed with her iconic red hair. I know it might seem comparatively trivial to some but I feel Mary Jane Watson's red hair is an absolutely vital component of the character's visual identity, certainly in the original comic books from which she hailed from. The hair is just so iconic. The idea that we're finally getting an official MCU version of Mary Jane Watson and that she might not even have red hair is unthinkable to me, especially considering we've never really had a faithful version of Mary Jane Watson on screen before, both visually and in terms of the character's vivacious, fun-loving personality.
Zendaya's been specifically spotted on set WITHOUT sporting any kind of red hairdo as well, which only adds to my relative sense of superficial dread.
I'm sure the actress will do great, but depicting a version of Mary Jane Watson who just has brown or black hair for this new series will definitely be a considerable disappointment for me.
Oh, absolutely.
I generally approve. I haven't really seen Zendaya act before (if anyone has any reassuring YouTube clips showcasing the actress's acting ability, I'd be grateful) but from an outsiders perspective she does seem like a great fit for the character.
However, I do confess I feel a little unhappy about the casting purely on account of how it might prevent the character from being portrayed with her iconic red hair. I know it might seem comparatively trivial to some but I feel Mary Jane Watson's red hair is an absolutely vital component of the character's visual identity, certainly in the original comic books from which she hailed from. The hair is just so iconic. The idea that we're finally getting an official MCU version of Mary Jane Watson and that she might not even have red hair is unthinkable to me, especially considering we've never really had a faithful version of Mary Jane Watson on screen before, both visually and in terms of the character's vivacious, fun-loving personality.
Zendaya's been specifically spotted on set WITHOUT sporting any kind of red hairdo as well, which only adds to my relative sense of superficial dread.
I'm sure the actress will do great, but depicting a version of Mary Jane Watson who just has brown or black hair for this new series will definitely be a considerable disappointment for me.
Oh, absolutely.
The Silver
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Mary Jane is actually the red hair, it's simply piloting a human meatsuit.
Really now? Most people just want that they dye her hair. I don't see people here saying that they should replace the actress.
I mean seriously, this a forum where people care if Spiderman has mechanical web shooters, is it that crazy to believe they'd care about an iconic haircolor?
You're kidding, right?
There's still entire sites and forums full of people complaining he's not a real Bknd. And is as dumb as this entire thread is because the hair doesn't matter. At all.
Englebert3rd
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I don't really mind, I just hope that she's going to bring some charisma to the character and some good acting.
EdibleKnife
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Incresing diversity within Hollywood's casting and the promotion of new talent
wesleyshark
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Dye her hair some shade of red and she'll do just fine. 👌
She'll do fine either way
excelsiorlef
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Or just maybe even they open casted and she was the best of them all.
EdibleKnife
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Completely
mikefrails
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Though I don't understand it myself, Zendaya is kind of beloved among a certain age group. Her casting makes a lot of sense with the direction of the film.
WhateverItTakes
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Is this thread 12 pages because we're laughing at racists or are Gaffers the racists?
It's the latter isn't it?
It's the latter isn't it?
No, Rice is supposed to play Betty Brant.
darkhunger
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They can still have Gwen... Not every Spider-Man story starts with Gwen as the first girl (Raimi, Ultimate Spidey)
BronsonLee
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Teens and old men!
I thought John Watts said she was Michelle
https://youtu.be/XDXUK7wC3P8
If they did change to race of characters as big as Flash and MJ and made the whole rest of the cast diverse, it's disappointing that the buck stops at Peter. I suppose it gives an opportunity for Miles to have that as part of hos character, if he shows up, but if feels too Hollywood safe for them to diversify the entire cast but stick to a super white guy for Peter. Guess it is what it is.
https://youtu.be/XDXUK7wC3P8
If they did change to race of characters as big as Flash and MJ and made the whole rest of the cast diverse, it's disappointing that the buck stops at Peter. I suppose it gives an opportunity for Miles to have that as part of hos character, if he shows up, but if feels too Hollywood safe for them to diversify the entire cast but stick to a super white guy for Peter. Guess it is what it is.
EstoyBlackWaldo
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Did I miss the white tears? I'll assume it's 24 pages of low key racism, and complaining about the hair color.
ScientificPizza
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lmao is it really tho
ScientificPizza
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We've had two spider-man franchises in the last decade and a half that have been "traditional" with their casting
Like, I don't think anyone should be saying "for changes sake"
The Cretan
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Why is it disappointing that the cast is diverse, expect Peter? I know people want to see people of different ethnicities or of different colour or something else in movies, and that's ok, I have aspergers and I am happy that Flash (I mean the one from Justice League) maybe has autistic traits. However, there are people who want to see the movie characters resemble their comic book counterparts and that's totally ok, too. Also, a movie having a diverse cast doesn't mean it shouldn't have white characters.
The troll nature of all of the "can't wait for the white people tears!" is concerning. It's intentionally inflammatory and adds nothing to the conversation outside of purposefully dumbing it down to a racewar.
Good for Zendaya for performing the best audition and getting cast. I hope race had nothing to do with it.
Good for Zendaya for performing the best audition and getting cast. I hope race had nothing to do with it.
Where did I say they shouldn't have white characters?
I'm specifically talking about the lead and Hollywood ideas of progressiveness and diversity.
And what if it didn't have any (main) white characters? Would that somehow be a problem? The opposite happens all the time.
Stone Ocean
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Just dye her hair and we gucci, worked for Kirsten Dunst
Reckheim
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Not in the old ones I used to read, not sure about the new ones.
The Cretan
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You said they made the cast diverse, but the protagonist is white. So, I guessed you wanted him to be non white, too.
A film having not a single non white character isn't a problem, like the opposite.
sssstententen
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She's pretty and young and is talented, I can dig it.
I'd like her with redhair because its an easy fix and non-permanent and seems silly not to do it, but if they don't? Not a big deal.
Personally holding out for muh Black Cat anyway. Gimme Alice Eve or Alexandra Daddario.
I'd like her with redhair because its an easy fix and non-permanent and seems silly not to do it, but if they don't? Not a big deal.
Personally holding out for muh Black Cat anyway. Gimme Alice Eve or Alexandra Daddario.
Chained Prometheus
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To be fair, Watts wasn't involved in casting Peter since he got the gig for directing the solo film the same time that Tom landed the role for Civil War and I seem to remember hearing that Watts was a driving force for aiming for a very racially diverse cast with the film. I'd need to double-check on that though.
I don't see why people in this thread are associating racism with wanting red hair.
Just throw some red highlights into Zendaya's hair. They don't have to make her hair fully red.
We're discussing comicbook movies on a videogame forum, of bloody course we're crazy.
Redhead rules
Not really. Can Gwen Stacy be a redhead? And Mary Jane blonde?
Suddenly it matters. These characters exist for decades, core visual references come to mind immediately.
Zendaya can easily start as a brunette and dye her hair for the inevitable 'face it tiger' scene (during a homecoming party?).
darkhunger
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Without a doubt she'll be a redhead at some point in this MCU Spidey movie series. Way too obvious not to do.
But seeing as how her name is supposed to be a secret (for plot reasons?), it might just have to wait a bit is all.
But seeing as how her name is supposed to be a secret (for plot reasons?), it might just have to wait a bit is all.
WrenchNinja
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Is it? I think its a pretty key part of her look. Like black widow's red hair that scarlett dyes for
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