The Amazing Spider-Man 3: 9 Actresses Who Could Play Mary Jane Watson

With recent revelations in regard to the role of MJ in The Amazing Spider-Man 3, we count down 9 potential Mary Jane actresses.

Due to the topic of The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and Mary Jane Watson, this article contains spoilers for The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

“Face it, Tiger, you just hit the jackpot.”

These immortal words of Mary Jane Watson have endured greater than any other line of comic book dialogue this side of “With great power…” A serendipitous creation of Stan Lee’s cornball enthusiasm for capturing the wild and hip baby boomer youth culture of the 1960s and John Romita Sr.’s ability to draw melodrama (and pretty girls) better than any other comic book artist in the business, MJ is arguably the most iconic love interest in the entire superhero form. Others may come, others may go, and others might even meet untimely falls off bridges (or clock towers), but at the end of the day, it appears that it will be Mary Jane Watson standing in Peter Parker’s doorway. She has always been standing in Peter’s doorway.

And after the events of this month’s movie, it’s probably time she saves his life again in The Amazing Spider-Man 3. There is only one hitch: who is Mary Jane?

As everyone and their aunt knows, Shailene Woodley was cast as the once and future love of the wall-crawler’s life, but then her scenes were cut from the finished film of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Now, director Marc Webb has more than hinted that we will probably never see those scenes. This might be partially due to the fact that they will want to rewrite an introduction proper to the famed redhead…and it might be due to the recasting of the role once again, now without Ms. Woodley’s services.

So, who else could play Mary Jane Watson? And can she bring the level of extroverted wild child zeal that has so far escaped previous incarnations of the character on the big screen? Well, we’re here to give our purely speculative guesses on nine actresses who could be the next Mary Jane Watson!

Margot Robbie

Yet, if Sony is leaning closer toward an up-and-coming “It Girl” who is already breaking out, Margot Robbie more than may fit that bill. Cast as the jaw-dropping trophy wife to Leonardo DiCaprio’s repellant Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street, the 23-year-old Australian actress left one hell of an impression on moviegoers. While the part was relatively small, she sold trashy Brooklyn royalty with an accent as authentic as the movie’s version of Naomi Belfort, a gold digger with serious career objectives.

Working with Martin Scorsese has done much for the starlet, who has gone overnight from roles on ABC’s defunct Pan Am and supporting work in About Time to seemingly being considered for every major blockbuster role in Hollywood. Having contended to appear as both the new Sarah Connor and the new Sue Storm, Robbie finally landed a franchise as Jane Porter in David Yates’ Tarzan. But one swinging love interest can turn into another, and few are more swinging in that groovy 1960s sense than the original comic book Mary Jane Watson.

Deborah Ann Woll

One television star that will definitely be free for a web-slinging spin after this summer is True Blood’s Deborah Ann Woll. As the fiery ginger vampire with a particular sweet tooth for Bible thumping hypocrites on the steamy HBO blood-and-sex soap, Woll has played the perpetual teenager “baby vampire” since the show’s first season and has remained a fan favorite on the series for its entire run.

Created whole cloth by Alan Ball for the TV show (as opposed to its source material by Charlaine Harris), Woll faced some early skepticism but won over even the most ardent book purists with her down to earth appeal and infectiously endearing joy at being a newly minted member of the Undead. She could also bring that same kind of glee to a Peter Parker who will undoubtedly be morose and downtrodden following the ending of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Woll has the right kind of star potential to give this franchise another shot of adrenaline in the arm, and it’s a part that she could really sink her teeth into.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Perhaps the closest realization to John Romita Sr.’s original vision for Mary Jane, Mary Elizabeth Winstead looks like the character stepped off the page when sporting the long red bangs. But more importantly, Winstead has come into her own in the past few years as an undeniable star on the indie circuit. She worked early in her career with filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino in Death Proof and flirted with franchise films like Live Free or Die Hard, but she truly proved to be a revelation of untapped talent in 2012’s hypnotically wrenching Smashed. Playing a young wife with a drinking problem, it is a multi-layered performance that mixes comedy and tragedy in equal measures. And her newest film Alex of Venice features another absorbing turn in her first fully adult role as a workaholic dealing with divorce.

Of course, some may say that she is too adult now to play a college age character, but at 29, she is still over a year younger than Andrew Garfield. And if rumors about Woodley appearing too young next to the British web-head are true, Winstead could more than compliment Garfield’s still youthful Spidey. Plus, she truly appears to be MJ come to life. This is of course assuming that Garfield sticks around for more than one movie after his contract ends in 2016…





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1. DID YOU WATCH TASM 2, ONTD? THOUGHTS?

2. WHO DO YOU THINK WOULD SUIT THE ROLE OF MJ BEST?