MJ meets Peter for the first time as his new neighbour, rolling up on a motorcycle, causing Peter to be instantly smitten. Going by the context of attire from the footage of the behind-the-scenes filming, this scene would have taken place sometime after the first meeting of Spider-Man and Electro, where Peter is working on updating his webbing. It's a small scene but would give context to the Spider-Man/Peter Parker and MJ relationship before they ever truly met. This scene looks to take place during the opening of the film when Spider-Man is swinging around the city to stop a robbery in progress. The only clue to her involvement other than set pictures is a recording of B-roll of three scenes involving Woodley.ĭeleted Mary-Jane Watson Scenes Mary-Jane at the Coffee Shop It was just one of those things.”īut even after a Blu-ray release of the film, the franchise being cancelled, and the studio moving on with Marvel Studios in producing new Spider-Man films, no actual footage of these deleted Mary-Jane scenes has been available for viewing. And it sucks because Shailene is such a f**king great actress and so cool and magical, but it was just about having this obligation to this romance that I thought was sacred. The relationship between them is so sacred and so powerful that it just didn’t feel right. “There was one little scene at the beginning where she is next door, and it took place right around the montage where he comes back, and there was another little moment between Gwen and MJ. However, by the time the film came out, it was already announced that her entire role was cut from the final film.ĭirector Marc Webb talked about the exclusion of the character from the film and had this to say. She was going to be played by Shailene Woodley from Divergent fame. While it didn't do well critically, this film was the final entry in the Andrew Garfield Spider-Man series, stopping at only two films when a potential cinematic universe that was teased.Īmazing Spider-Man 2 was supposed to be the first film in this series's franchise to introduce the character of Mary-Jane Watson, longtime love and wife of Peter Parker in the comics. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a 2014 live-action superhero film directed by Marc Webb.