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So, who is Zendaya playing in Spider-Man: Homecoming? The actress has been doing her best to throw everyone off the scent (including yours truly) but an interview with ET Online seems to confirm that she won’t be playing Mary Jane – although there’s a little more to it than that.
“Well, I’m not Mary Jane unfortunately.” Zendaya says, presumably dashing Spider-Man Tom Holland’s dreams in the process. “My character’s name is Michelle, if that’s what everyone wants to think.”
It should be pointed out that Zendaya kept winking at the camera which is almost definitely code for ‘don’t believe everything I’m saying’. But it begs the question as to why Zendaya, and Marvel, are playing coy if she is playing Mary Jane. Zendaya has previously mentioned her character, ‘Michelle’, is “very dry, awkward, [and] intellectual”.
