Updated
Updated · Deadline · Aug 29
Shailene Woodley Says 3 Mary Jane Scenes Were Cut From 2014 Spider-Man 2
Updated
Updated · Deadline · Aug 29

Shailene Woodley Says 3 Mary Jane Scenes Were Cut From 2014 Spider-Man 2

3 articles · Updated · Deadline · Aug 29

Summary

  • Three scenes Shailene Woodley filmed as Mary Jane Watson with Andrew Garfield were removed from 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2, she said in a SAG-AFTRA talk.
  • Woodley said she was told about a year later that the studio had introduced too many new characters and wanted to wait until Emma Stone’s Gwen Stacy storyline ended before bringing in Mary Jane.
  • That plan never materialized because the follow-up film was not made, leaving Woodley’s version of Mary Jane unseen more than a decade later.
  • The role remains in limbo even after Garfield returned in 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home; he has rejected Avengers: Doomsday but has said he could play Spider-Man again if the project were “very weird.”

Insights

What would have happened to the entire Spider-Man franchise if Shailene Woodley's Mary Jane scenes were never deleted?
Could the release of Woodley's lost superhero scenes finally reveal the hidden truth behind a canceled billion-dollar movie franchise?
Why did a major studio spend millions filming scenes with a rising star only to completely erase her from their blockbuster?