As if it would come as any surprise, Stan Lee has no issue with Zendaya being cast in the role of Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Collider reports that the Spider-Man creator talked to the Toronto Sun and said this about the actress:
“If she is as good an actress as I hear she is, I think it’ll be absolutely wonderful … The colour of their skin doesn’t matter, their religion doesn’t matter. All that matters is that this the right person for the role.”
Not too surprisingly, many of the founders of the comic book world were far ahead of their time in representing minorities in comics. From what I saw at Sdcc, I think people will like Zendaya as Mj, even if she's a little different than the version we all know.
Side note: I've heard a lot of people who've made the remark they...
“If she is as good an actress as I hear she is, I think it’ll be absolutely wonderful … The colour of their skin doesn’t matter, their religion doesn’t matter. All that matters is that this the right person for the role.”
Not too surprisingly, many of the founders of the comic book world were far ahead of their time in representing minorities in comics. From what I saw at Sdcc, I think people will like Zendaya as Mj, even if she's a little different than the version we all know.
Side note: I've heard a lot of people who've made the remark they...
- 8/24/2016
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
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