Homecoming The Mary-Jane Casting Poll - Part 3

[Poppy]

So it looks like whoever she's playing isn't MJ.

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.

 

[jasmin]

Now we're back to square one of "Who would you want as MJ if she were to come out in the movie?"

I still say Madison

 

[NotSoLongAgo]

Now we're back to square one of "Who would you want as MJ if she were to come out in the movie?"

I still say Madison

Nahhhh

 

[X Knight]

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.

so it looks like she really does have purple in her hair?

at first, I thought it may have just been a purple headband.

 

[Dark Raven]

Maybe that's as red as her hair is going to get for MJ.

 

[BarryAllen]

If Zendaya is indeed playing Mary Jane, perhaps she will have the hair from the set photos throughout most of the movie and at the end she comes to Peter's door (maybe because they are about to go to the homecoming dance) rocking the long red hair and says the face it tiger line.

I think this could actually be a legit possibility. Like Aunt May keeps mentioning her friend's niece as a nice girl but Peter constantly brushes her off the entire movie thinking she's some wierd dork (maybe she's a new student at the school and a running gag would be Peter doesn't really interact with and constantly misremembers her name), only for the famous "face it tiger" scene to happen at the end with Zendaya fully as MJ.

 

[PeterBenParker]

I wonder how that'd go over. ^

 

[Dark Raven]

Maybe her name is Michelle for the whole film and she doesn't have red hair, but at the end of the movie she changes her name to Mary Jane, dyes her hair red and starts dressing differently. So in the MCU, the whole MJ persona isn't even something real but just something made up by Michelle to get with the in crowd.

It could be a reverse of the Mandarin twist in IM3.

 

[SpideyJJ]

Maybe her name is Michelle for the whole film and she doesn't have red hair, but at the end of the movie she changes her name to Mary Jane, dyes her hair red and starts dressing differently. So in the MCU, the whole MJ persona isn't even something real but just something made up by Michelle to get with the in crowd.

It could be a reverse of the Mandarin twist in IM3.

Hopefully not

 

[Immortalfire]

I know

I was going to say Disney the man, unlike his modern company, cared about avoiding subliminal messages of filth... but then I remembered this from SWATSD

It's a squirrel using the turtle's front as a washboard.

 

[Immortalfire]

Maybe her name is Michelle for the whole film and she doesn't have red hair, but at the end of the movie she changes her name to Mary Jane, dyes her hair red and starts dressing differently. So in the MCU, the whole MJ persona isn't even something real but just something made up by Michelle to get with the in crowd.

It could be a reverse of the Mandarin twist in IM3.

That is terrible.

 

[Fincher]

so it looks like she really does have purple in her hair?

at first, I thought it may have just been a purple headband.

It looks to me like she has a purple ribbon in her braid.

 

[Fincher]

There are pictures of Zendaya in sandals and what looks like gym clothes walking home from school, and she's talking to some blue haired girl, and I don't see any purple in her hair. I think she might be poor; that would explain a dress shirt that isn't ironed and a frayed ribbon.

As for the hypothetical theories about her being MJ...if someone pointed a gun at my head, I could come up with an explanation for how she's Norman Osborn in this movie. However, there's nothing in the photos to suggest she's Mary Jane.

 

[Poppy]

There are pictures of Zendaya in sandals and what looks like gym clothes walking home from school, and she's talking to some blue haired girl, and I don't see any purple in her hair. I think she might be poor; that would explain a dress shirt that isn't ironed and a frayed ribbon.

The pap who took the pictures said it was Zendaya's in her normal outfit, not costume.

 

[Rodrigo90]

It's a squirrel using the turtle's front as a washboard.

Best never to challenge a mod, so -

 

[Fincher]

The pap who took the pictures said it was Zendaya's in her normal outfit, not costume.

Zendaya came to the set in the "gym clothes"? Well, she had a backpack on, but I guess that could just be a coincidence...

 

[Poppy]

Zendaya came to the set in the "gym clothes"? Well, she had a backpack on, but I guess that could just be a coincidence...

Well why wouldn't she? They are comfortable

 

[Fincher]

There's nothing wrong with it. It just looked like a scene they were shooting.

At any rate, I think the poor theory still makes sense. She could have gotten those boots at an army surplus store.

 

[NotSoLongAgo]

There's nothing wrong with it. It just looked like a scene they were shooting.

At any rate, I think the poor theory still makes sense. She could have gotten those boots at an army surplus store.

She was talking to a fan so I think it was on her off-time

 

[Dark Raven]

That is terrible.

It's not without precedent though.

I don't want that to happen but I think it might.

 

[X Knight]

If Zendaya is indeed MJ and they are going for a totally different take on the character, not just in terms of changing her ethnicity, but also changing her whole personality and characterization ( making her a frumpy, "conservative," plain girl who transforms into gorgeous stunner by the end of the film ), then that would be a clear example of what I've been against - making something needlessly complex and convoluted.

It's exactly what happened with TASM. Because you want to be different from what came before, you can't just tell the story from Point A to Point B to Point C and so on. No, instead you jump from A to D to Y to R to B to L to P and finally to Z.

They did that in TASM, taking the relatively straightforward Spider-Man origin story and adding unnecessary complexity to it with the spy parent conspiracy backstory, Uncle Ben's killer having that tattoo with Peter never finding him, etc. Heck, they couldn't even use the classic "Great Power / Great Responsibility" line. Uncle Ben gave a speech to Peter that conveyed a similar message but used different words in a more roundabout way.

 

[PeterBenParker]

Heck, they couldn't even use the classic "Great Power / Great Responsibility" line. Uncle Ben gave a speech to Peter that conveyed a similar message but used different words in a more roundabout way.

1) Uncle Ben has never actually said that line.
2) The line they used "Philosphy, not choice but responsibility, etc." was almost ripped word for word with the response that followed (Peter freaking out and leaving in a huff) was taken right from the Ultimate comics.

Just like to address these two points.

 

[X Knight]

1) Uncle Ben has never actually said that line.
2) The line they used "Philosphy, not choice but responsibility, etc." was almost ripped word for word with the response that followed (Peter freaking out and leaving in a huff) was taken right from the Ultimate comics.

Just like to address these two points.

true, Uncle Ben never said those exact words, but the Great Power/Great Responsibility line has retroactively become associated with Uncle Ben and if nothing else has become the "slogan" for Spider-Man.

it's become an iconic phrase. it's simple and catchy. But instead of just saying the line like it is, in TASM, they had to take a more roundabout approach.

 

[TheFuture]

I think this could actually be a legit possibility. Like Aunt May keeps mentioning her friend's niece as a nice girl but Peter constantly brushes her off the entire movie thinking she's some wierd dork (maybe she's a new student at the school and a running gag would be Peter doesn't really interact with and constantly misremembers her name), only for the famous "face it tiger" scene to happen at the end with Zendaya fully as MJ.

Changing herself and personality for a guy who thinks she's a dork is not the type of message pushed these days in media. I doubt the MCU would do that, or at least I hope they wouldn't.

 

[Chris B]

I don't remember who suggested it, but I liked the idea of having Mary-Jane appear in this as a seemingly random girl that Spider-Man keeps rescuing, with the reveal that she is MJ coming the end with a reenactment of the iconic "face it, tiger" scene after Aunt May spends the whole movie trying to set Peter up with her.