Shailene Woodley was shocked ‘Spider-Man 2’ position received minimize: ‘That was a enjoyable telephone name’

Shailene Woodley shared that she didn’t study her position as Mary Jane Watson in “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” was minimize till a 12 months later.

“That was a fun phone call,” the actress, who was set to star reverse Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker within the 2014 film, mentioned during an interview with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.

“I was cast as Mary Jane for ‘Spider-Man,’ which was my dream,” she defined. “Oh my god, Spider-Man’s my favorite superhero; Mary Jane was my favorite character growing up. So, when I got it, I was like, ‘This is so exciting!’”

Woodley, now 34, said that she and Garfield, now 43, filmed about “three scenes together,” and he or she anticipated them to seem within the film.

“Then, like a year later, they were like, ‘So, you’re not in the movie anymore.’ I was like, ‘What? What do you mean?’” she recalled.

“And they’re like, ‘We’ve introduced a lot of new characters in this last one, and we’re going to wait for whatever happens between [Emma Stone] and Andrew [Garfield].’”

The “Divergent” star defined that Watson was deliberate to be launched after the loss of life of Stone’s character, Gwen Stacy.

“That’s what I was told, but again, who knows what the truth is? I could have been terrible, and they were like, ‘We can’t do this,’” Woodley quipped.

However, plans for a 3rd film had been later scrapped

Garfield, in the meantime, was first launched as Parker within the first 2012 film “The Amazing Spider-Man,” with Stone, 37, portraying his on-screen love pursuits.

Ultimately, Stone’s character died on the finish of the second film throughout a confrontation with villain Harry Osborn, performed by Dane DeHaan.

While Garfield’s run as the principle Spider-Man ended within the second installment, he reprised his position in “Spider-Man: No Way Home” alongside two generations of Spider-Man stars: Tobey Maguire, the unique superhero who took on the position in three movies launched between 2002 and 2007, and Tom Holland, the present man within the go well with.

The 2021 Sony Pictures movie confirmed Garfield, Maguire, 51, and Holland, 30, come collectively as Spider-Man from three totally different universes.

Zendaya, 29, is at present taking part in the position of Mary Jane alongside Holland, her now-husband. She assumed the half within the first 2017 film with Holland titled “Spider-Man: Homecoming.”

It’s unclear if Gwen Stacy’s character can be launched within the present franchise.