Shailene Woodley still pretty bummed she got cut as Andrew Garfield's MJ
A.V. Club • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Shailene Woodley was cast as Mary Jane Watson in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2013) but her character was ultimately cut to focus on Peter Parker's relationship with Gwen Stacy.
- Woodley learned a year after filming that her scenes were removed, which disappointed her as Spider-Man and Mary Jane were her favorite superhero and character growing up.
- She was told her debut would be saved for The Amazing Spider-Man 3, which never happened due to Sony and Marvel's 2015 deal integrating Spider-Man into the MCU.
- Woodley acknowledged producers cited difficulties with adding a second love interest as the reason for cutting her character but admitted there could have been other factors, including her performance.
- Despite the cut, Andrew Garfield reprised his Spider-Man role in 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, but Woodley’s Mary Jane never appeared in the franchise.
