Within the past week, a rumor surfaced saying Zendaya‘s role in Spider-Man: Homecoming had been spoiled by a novelization of the movie, only to seemingly be debunked a few days later. The actress has long said she wouldn’t be playing Mary Jane Watson in the movie, only stoking the fire surrounding the rumor.
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Even though her true role will be shrouded in secrecy until Homecoming hits theatres three weeks from now, director Jon Watts took a second to speak highly of the former Disney Channel star.
Comparing her to Ally Sheedy in The Breakfast Club, Watts called Zendaya an “amazingly technical character.”
“It makes me feel like such a bozo when I’m in front of someone who is that young and already just so good at what they do,” Watts told Vogue. While he had previously seen her work as a child actor on her Disney show, Watts said “she looked like a completely different person” when she auditioned.
Zendaya and Tom Holland’s Peter Parker swing into the Marvel Cinematic Universe on July 7, 2017.
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Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers in Captain America: Civil War, young Peter Parker (Tom Holland) returns home to live with his Aunt May. Under the watchful eye of mentor Tony Stark, Parker starts to embrace his newfound identity as Spider-Man. He also tries to return to his normal daily routine — distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just a friendly neighborhood superhero. Peter must soon put his powers to the test when the evil Vulture emerges to threaten everything that he holds dear.
Spider-Man: Homecoming is directed by Jon Watts, from a screenplay by Jonathan M. Goldstein & John Francis Daley and Watts & Christopher Ford and Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers, and stars Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Tyne Daly, Bokeem Woodbine, Marisa Tomei, and Robert Downey Jr.
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