Shailene Woodley Recalls Her “Dream” Role as Mary Jane Being Cut From ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’
Actress Shailene Woodley discusses her experience being cast as Mary Jane Watson in 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' only to have her scenes cut from the final film. She reflects on the disappointment of losing a dream role and the explanation provided by the filmmakers at the time.
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Shailene Woodley Recalls Her “Dream” Role as Mary Jane Being Cut From ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Shailene Woodley is reflecting on the time her "dream" role as Mary Jane Watson was cut from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 .
Speaking with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Conversations recently, Woodley shared her reaction to learning that her scenes with Andrew Garfield, who starred as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, had been cut from the final film. The actress said she didn't find out until about a year after she had finished filming the scenes for the Sony Pictures movie, which was released in theaters in May 2014.
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