Yeah I wasn't sure first because we only got 2 pics of her on set and who knows maybe she was wearing a wig. Plus her make-up wasn't done.
But there were new set pictures yesterday and she still wasn't a redhead so.
Idk how I missed this, and not to be that person, but the style is not indicative of whether or not Zendaya is MJ or not.
Something interesting, the cast recently took a pic where they modeled after The Breakfast Club, Zendaya replicated Allison Reynolds pose, b/c of that pic I can kind respond to this more differently then if I had seen this when it was posted.
Anyway, Zendaya's character style is very similar to the character Allison who also wore long skirts, wore layers, baggy clothing, and had messy hair etc.
Allison also got a makeover, if this is essentially a high school movie and it's also inspired by John Hughes, there's a 90% chance there's a makeover involved, you have to wonder if Zendaya's character is getting a makeover for homecoming.
But how is MJ similar to Allison, despite them not having similar personalities...
In the Breakfast Club, Claire aka 'the princess' i.e the character pose Laura was copying in that cast pic, gave Allison a makeover; in the movie both Allison and Claire had bonded. Who's to say Jon is not gonna do something similar and show the friendship between MJ and Liz forming instead of it automatically being there... Who's to say Liz would not have a hand in the obvious makeover and transformation of Zendaya's character.
Something else, Allison's parents ignored her b/c of their own problems, and I can totally see Jon Watts doing a similar route with MJ by having her parents be at each other's throats arguing, especially if he doesn't want to touch on the whole "abusive father" storyline from 616, I mean since his inspiration is coming from 'Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane', he could adapt the bit where MJ is feeling neglected b/c her mom always works and doesn't spend time with her and her father is not around.
Allison was also a compulsive liar, and while MJ is not, 616!MJ did have the party girl facade, and a facade is nothing but a lie, a defense mechanism, which was what Allison's compulsive lying was.
Now if Zendaya is MJ, why would they style her like this; well in 'Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane' MJ went goth b/c of a breakup, I wouldn't exactly say that Zendaya looks goth in that pic, and I don't see Jon following that storyline, but I can see Jon making this style the result of her home situation, or maybe she doesn't care how she looks, the fact that MJ is at this school of science and technology has me believing they're pulling 1610!MJ aka Brainy Jane into this instead of stylish 616!MJ, which would also make sense considering Jon Watts said the Ultimate version is his inspiration, so either options or both could be resulting in this style.
So while 90% of me doesn't believe Zendaya is MJ, the styling of the character can't be the sole reason why she's not MJ.
And you should never use Zendaya's lack of red hair as proof she's not MJ, there was always a 99℅ chance she was never gonna be a redhead if she was MJ in the first place (90% at the least), Hollywood and people in general don't even think non-white people can be natural redheads in the first place.
I think I'm gonna post this in the Michelle thread.
Also Stefanie Scott is always an A+ fancast for MJ.
LOL!
