Zendaya Coleman Lands Role of Mary Jane in New Spider-Man Movie

Zendaya Coleman just landed a huge role in the upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming film! Coleman will play Peter Parker's longtime love interest, Mary Jane Watson, according to The Wrap. Suggested Reading Flint’s Water Crisis Ends With A Major Development Songs by White Artists You Can Add to Your Black Cookout Playlist NBA’s Mike Beasley’s Alleged Gambling…

Zendaya Coleman just landed a huge role in the upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming film! Coleman will play Peter Parker's longtime love interest, Mary Jane Watson, according to The Wrap.

Video will return here when scrolled back into view
Trump’s Tariffs Might Stick Around. What Should We Buy Now?
Trump’s Tariffs Might Stick Around. What Should We Buy Now?

Coleman will star along with British actor Tom Holland, who'll play a young Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man. This will be the first time in Spider-Man history that Mary Janeย is portrayed as a black woman.ย Of course, there were some people who weren't too happy to hear the news. The responses were typical, similar to this one:

https://twitter.com/keksec__org/status/766439989341216769

Other people gave some pretty good reasons as to why Coleman can play Mary Jane:

https://twitter.com/sugarcubewill/status/766449839177605121
https://twitter.com/ibiebprofen/status/766443152542576640
https://twitter.com/FoxyJazzabelle/status/766443742039535620
https://twitter.com/90spideypool/status/766443685156364288

https://twitter.com/Todd_J/status/766444671421874177

https://twitter.com/stereowilliams/status/766447105464492032

In any event, here's a video of Peter Parker and Mary Jane dancing.

https://twitter.com/linzzmorgcns/status/766415936169533440

Spider-Man: Homecoming will be released July 7, 2017.

Straight From The Root

Sign up for our free daily newsletter.