The Amazing Spider-Man 2 The Sarah Gadon in TASM2 Discussion Thread

[The Infernal]

Or every woman cast in The Dark Knight ERMAGHERD MUST BE CATWOMAN, and then ended up being Natasha the Russian ballerina who had one scene, or Maroni's girlfriend who had even less of a role than Natasha.

Precisely. It's possible she could just be an extra like IA...*cough*, er, I mean youknowwho and working under an NDA.

 

[ChrisB]

False equivalence. Both Cotillard and Cumberbatch were playing characters whose true identity was a twist within the film. It's not like they're trying to pass off Gadon as Nancy No-Name only to have a dramatic moment where she reveals her true identity to Peter.

I agree with you here. I don't think the Cotillard/Talia comments are the same as the Gadon/MJ comments here.

 

[Majik1387]

Or every woman cast in The Dark Knight ERMAGHERD MUST BE CATWOMAN, and then ended up being Natasha the Russian ballerina who had one scene, or Maroni's girlfriend who had even less of a role than Natasha.

Don't forget the actress who was Natasha was being called Harley for a bit too.

However, I don't see it being out of the ordinary for directors to use character names for background ensemble. It's why I can believe Gadon being any one of Peter's high school classmates from the comics.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

She's so soft-spoken IRL.

 

[miltonh]

Still could mean that they replaced MJ with Liz...

 

[Oscorp]

Quite a bummer that she won't be MJ IMO :/

 

[Neno_Kos]

Quite a bummer that she won't be MJ IMO :/

If Sarah is not MJ, i can say this: Webb, you have failed your fans! Well that's one ticket less for ASM2

 

[pr0xyt0xin]

If Sarah is not MJ, i can say this: Webb, you have failed your fans! Well that's one ticket less for ASM2

Lol you can't be serious. I think she looks the part too. But we'll see.

 

[ParkerPeters]

Even if she does look the part, and in several iterations, yes, she does, Woodley was cast as MJ, and for Sony or Webb to take that away from her once she was signed on, and once she had been filmed, if they did it for reasons unrelated to scheduling, is shameful.

The essence of Spider-Man isn't comic book accuracy, it isn't even in Spidey's powers, his villains, or even his looks. It is the idea that ANYONE, no matter how small, can be a hero, and that everyone has value, even if they aren't big, strong, beautiful, or talented. It is that everyone can do great things. If Woodley was fired because she was though to be unattractive, which is just not true, then Sony, Webb and co have failed Spider-Man, and I am ashamed of this franchise. It goes against the central theme of Spider-Man.

Lets hope Woodley actually had scheduling conflicts.

 

[GuestStar2004]

If Sarah is not MJ, i can say this: Webb, you have failed your fans! Well that's one ticket less for ASM2

go watch your spider-man porn

if you was gonna see the movie a 2nd time just for that one actress i'm sure he can live without one ticket

 

[Neno_Kos]

go watch your spider-man porn

are we need going trought this again every fu?king superhero or action movie having gorgeous lead female and what is so wrong for me wanting same thing with ASM2 and his sequels? we know what is selling stuff today on tv, from commercial, movies etc. and this include porn, unless you are some bizzare or weird guy.

 

[GuestStar2004]

are we need going trought this again every fu?king superhero or action movie having gorgeous lead female and what is so wrong for me wanting same thing with ASM2 and his sequels? we know what is selling stuff today on tv, from commercial, movies etc. and this include porn, unless you are some bizzare or weird guy.

hey your the one saying how webb is disappointing fans because of your own shallowness

this is spider-man not America's Next Top Model

 

[Neno_Kos]

he disappointed me as true spider-man fan, i think we all know how somewhere in our heads how mary jane looks, so when woodley was casted i was already pretty disappointed and when pictures from set came up i confirmed myself she is complete miscast, regardless on her type of character she is playing. we all know we trying compare actors face with look on comics. and i am sorry for my shallownes but i cant see nowhere in her a bit on MJ (there is no make up made for that) unlike in Sarah. i know acting is for you more "important" but who say sarah dont have same acting talent and yet she is have MJ look.

so yes i am dissapointed and i am probably not only one, yet i am only one who have guts to say truth, if anyone is shallower then me are pretty much some of you. "go watch porn"

 

[bapi]

Precisely. It's possible she could just be an extra like IA...*cough*, er, I mean youknowwho and working under an NDA.

She had some solid roles in Cosmopolis and A Dangerous Methord plus will play in new Dracula movie so I think she'll have more than just two sentences in TASM2.

 

[SlamAdams]

I wouldnt call Cosmopolis a solid role. She was a piece of wood as was most people in that terrible movie

 

[bapi]

I wouldnt call Cosmopolis a solid role. She was a piece of wood as was most people in that terrible movie

Yes, it's awful but her role was big.

 

[SlamAdams]

Yes, it's awful but her role was big.

oh i get it. "substantial role." never mind

 

[bapi]

oh i get it. "substantial role." never mind

I mean... they're filming for 4 months now and we didn't hear anything about Gadon before. Like I said before I think they made some changes and we'll see Gadon instead of Woodley. She could play Liz or some other character.

 

[RT59103]

I mean... they're filming for 4 months now and we didn't hear anything about Gadon before. Like I said before I think they made some changes and we'll see Gadon instead of Woodley. She could play Liz or some other character.

Maybe we didn't hear about it b/c maybe they aren't lying and it is just a small role? Kinda like BJ Novak, we would've never known that he was in the movie if Marc hadn't tweeted that photo.

And didn't Marc say he cut the scenes to focus on Peter & Gwen and streamline the movie? Why would he then go and add another extra character to replace MJ's screentime? Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of what he was trying to do?

I know someone mentioned in another thread "oh she was such a late addition, she must be replacing Shailene" (in terms of her screentime) But was she such a late addition? We just didn't hear about her name until the other day, that's all. l mean, she's not that big of a name, so it's not like they're going to issue press releases announcing that she has a couple of scenes in the movie

 

[Picard Sisko]

There is a very small chance that she is replacing Woodley as Mary Jane. A very small chance. But I think this is one of these times where the actor/actress is not lying, and she is NOT playing her.

Otherwise I think she is just playing a really tiny role in the film that has nothing to do with Shailene being booted from the film.

 

[Picard Sisko]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02oUvwSfDQ4

AMC movie talk discusses the whole Mary Jane thing.

 

[grieven]

Even if she does look the part, and in several iterations, yes, she does, Woodley was cast as MJ, and for Sony or Webb to take that away from her once she was signed on, and once she had been filmed, if they did it for reasons unrelated to scheduling, is shameful.
.... If Woodley was fired because she was though to be unattractive, which is just not true, then Sony, Webb and co have failed Spider-Man, and I am ashamed of this franchise. It goes against the central theme of Spider-Man.

Lets hope Woodley actually had scheduling conflicts.

I was very pleased with the Woodley casting when first announced. I liked her performance in The Descendants very much, and I had seen enough glam photos of her online to believe she could make a beautiful MJ.

When set photos surfaced, I was honestly disappointed in the look, whether it was the makeup or some other reason, her look didn't match up to what I had hoped for, but I still held out hope that through her performance she'd win me over.

With the announcement this week that her scenes had been cut and that she probably would be replaced in TASM3 and 4 due to scheduling conflicts, I was confused and somewhat relieved. Then the Gadon announcement came, and though it didn't confirm her as MJ, she immediately looked the part the way Dunst and Woodley (at least in set pics) just simply didn't.

I don't know what's going on and who will ultimately play Mary Jane, but I will say definitively that IF Webb and Sony were for some reason displeased with Woodley as MJ, whether look, performance, vibe, anything, they should replace her rather than keep her in for the reason of not hurting her feelings. There are hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, not to mention the greater good of the film, and bruised egos are a small price to pay to get it right.

I hate for Woodley to get screwed over in the process, if that's what's happened. But just like Eric Stoltz was replaced by Michael J Fox after filming began on Back to the Future, and Harvey Keitel was replaced by Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now, it sometimes is evident after watching footage that a mistake has been made in casting, and it's then necessary to recast. It's a hard reality of the movie-making business.

I wish Woodley luck and she's on track for a fantastic career (I'm looking forward to her new Spectacular Now). But as a major fan of the first The Amazing Spider-Man movie, I want the sequels to be as good as they can be. And that means getting just the right actress to play Mary Jane, just as they've done for Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy.

 

[GuestStar2004]

i trust webbs casting, he did a good job on TASM

 

[Hunter Rider]

I've seen her at TIFF a couple of times, she seems really sweet. I like her, but I'm a little biased. She's a Toronto girl! She went to my school! I've only seen her in one movie, Cosmopolis, I thought she was good. She's kinda David Cronenberg's muse right now. She's currently in pre-production filming her third film with Cronenberg here in Toronto, actual filming starts in a couple of weeks so I highly doubt Webb is secretly filming scenes with her so he can insert her in TASM2. I mean, nothing is impossible, but it's just highly unlikely in light of what Webb said. He just doesn't strike me a *****ey, slimey kind of guy that would do such a thing

Thanks for the info, if she has caught Cronenberg's eye she clearly is an interesting actress, did the role you saw her in, in Cosmopolis give you a feeling she'd be a better MJ or Felicia?

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

I was very pleased with the Woodley casting when first announced. I liked her performance in The Descendants very much, and I had seen enough glam photos of her online to believe she could make a beautiful MJ.

When set photos surfaced, I was honestly disappointed in the look, whether it was the makeup or some other reason, her look didn't match up to what I had hoped for, but I still held out hope that through her performance she'd win me over.

With the announcement this week that her scenes had been cut and that she probably would be replaced in TASM3 and 4 due to scheduling conflicts, I was confused and somewhat relieved. Then the Gadon announcement came, and though it didn't confirm her as MJ, she immediately looked the part the way Dunst and Woodley (at least in set pics) just simply didn't.

I don't know what's going on and who will ultimately play Mary Jane, but I will say definitively that IF Webb and Sony were for some reason displeased with Woodley as MJ, whether look, performance, vibe, anything, they should replace her rather than keep her in for the reason of not hurting her feelings. There are hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, not to mention the greater good of the film, and bruised egos are a small price to pay to get it right.

I hate for Woodley to get screwed over in the process, if that's what's happened. But just like Eric Stoltz was replaced by Michael J Fox after filming began on Back to the Future, and Harvey Keitel was replaced by Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now, it sometimes is evident after watching footage that a mistake has been made in casting, and it's then necessary to recast. It's a hard reality of the movie-making business.

I wish Woodley luck and she's on track for a fantastic career (I'm looking forward to her new Spectacular Now). But as a major fan of the first The Amazing Spider-Man movie, I want the sequels to be as good as they can be. And that means getting just the right actress to play Mary Jane, just as they've done for Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy.

That's how I see it.