Some big news about Sony’s proposed Spider-Man reboot. They now have five girls lined up to play Spidey’s love interest for the film, but while we know the five girls they are thinking about, we don’t know who she will be playing? Will it be Mary Jane again? Gwen Stacey? or even someone never seen in the comics?
The character will reportedly not be Mary-Jane, and it’s still unclear whether it will be Gwen Stacy, someone else from the comics, or a new character entirely. The five are reportedly Imogen Poots, Ophelia Lovibond, Lily Collins, Teresa Palmer, and Emma Roberts.
I am really conflicted over these potentials because I cannot make an informed decision on who I might want to see in the role, when I don’t know what that role exactly will be.
Peter Parker is a player and while he has always had eyes for the sexy redhead, he didnt exactly wait around for her. Here is a list of Parker’s trysts who could potentially be his love interest in the movie:
Gwen Stacy – College Girlfriend (Killed by Green Goblin)
Betty Brant – Receptionist and co-worker at the Daily Bugle
Mary-Jane Watson – Superhot red-head girl next door
Cissy Ironwood – inconsequential college girlfriend
Debra Whitman – inconsequential post-college girlfriend
Felicia Hardy – Pseudo villain The Black Cat.
Imogen Poots is attractive as is Ophelia Lovibond, but Lily Collins is just creepy looking with those beastly brows so I hope she doesn’t get any of it. Teresa Palmer was most recently seen in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and she does a good job being the hero’s girl. But most of all I would like to see Emma Roberts in anything because she can hold her own.
They might create an entirely NEW character that would deviate from the comics entirely, which wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world. But I think if they go with an existing character for a love interest, they should learn from the past and start at the beginning so they don’t trip over themselves intermixing roles and messing with fanboy rage.
The reboot has to stand on its own, so anything they do that is different, but still the same as the comics will help.
I wouldn’t be surprised if his webslingers are mechanical.
