{"id":872560,"date":"2026-08-29T10:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T10:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/872560\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T10:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T10:28:10","slug":"shailene-woodley-found-out-her-amazing-spider-man-2-mary-jane-scenes-were-cut-a-year-after-filming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/872560\/","title":{"rendered":"Shailene Woodley Found Out Her ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Mary Jane Scenes Were Cut a Year After Filming"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMore than 12 years later, Shailene Woodley<\/a> has opened up about her disappointment in finding out that her part in \u201cThe Amazing Spider-Man 2<\/a>\u201d opposite Andrew Garfield didn\u2019t make the final cut.<\/p>\n

\n\tWoodley, in a recent interview as part of the \u201cSAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations\u201d series with actors about their craft, revealed that she found out a year after filming for \u201cThe Amazing Spider-Man 2\u201d that she would not appear in the movie, which was released in theaters in May 2014.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThat was a fun phone call,\u201d Woodley recalled. <\/p>\n

\n\tShe said that being cast as Mary Jane Watson in the movie by director Marc Webb \u201cwas my dream because I really, oh my god, Spider-Man\u2019s my favorite superhero. Mary Jane was my favorite character growing up. So, when I got it, I was like, \u2018This is so exciting.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWoodley said she filmed \u201clike three scenes together, me and Andrew Garfield. And then like a year later, they were like, \u2018So, you\u2019re not in the movie anymore.\u2019 And I was like, \u2018What? What do you mean?\u2019 And they were like, \u2018We\u2019ve introduced a lot of new characters in this last one, and we\u2019re going to wait for\u2026 whatever happens between [Emma Stone\u2019s character, Gwen Stacy, who is Peter Parker\u2019s girlfriend in the film] and Andrew.\u201d (Spoiler: Gwen Stacy dies in \u201cThe Amazing Spider-Man 2.\u201d)<\/p>\n

\n\tWoodley said she was also told, \u201c\u2019Let\u2019s wait for [Gwen Stacy] to die and then we\u2019ll introduce Mary Jane.\u2019 Which made sense. But then they didn\u2019t make that film.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tApparently, the filmmakers decided to axe Mary Jane from the movie because they thought it was confusing to have the character as another love interest to Peter Parker. \u201cWell, that\u2019s what I was told, you know,\u201d Woodley said. \u201cBut again, who knows what the truth is. I could have been terrible and they\u2019re like, \u2018We can\u2019t do this.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2014, at the New York premiere of \u201cThe Amazing Spider-Man 2\u201d (which featured a Mary Jane-themed cocktail<\/a>), producer Matt Tolmach told Variety this about the deletion of Woodley\u2019s scenes: \u201cWe bit off more story than we could tell. We had a 148-page script. We were in the middle of that, and we realized this story [with Mary Jane] is not going to be in this movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Sam Raimi\u2019s Spider-Man movie trilogy, the role of Mary Jane was played by Kirsten Dunst opposite Tobey Maguire.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Woodley\u2019s nearly 90-minute \u201cSAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations\u201d interview, she also spoke about her performances in \u201cDivergent,\u201d \u201cDumb Money,\u201d \u201cThe Descendants,\u201d \u201cThe Fault in Our Stars,\u201d HBO\u2019s \u201cBig Little Lies\u201d and Season 2 of Hulu\u2019s \u201cParadise.\u201d<\/p>\n

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