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While everybody is going bonkers over the potential casting of Zendaya in Spider-Man: Homecoming, a new rumor/speculation points to Silk being in the film.
According to a casting call sheet, 17-year-old Tiffany Espensen is playing a character named Cindy in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Silk in the Marvel Comics is named Cindy Moon.
The character was retconned into existence a couple of years ago by Dan Slott when it was said the same radioactive spider that gave Peter Parker his powers also bit a second person, Cindy Moon.
Silk has similar powers to Spider-Man but a greater Spider Sense (Silk Sense) and can shoot webs out of her fingertips.
http://www.cosmicbooknews.com/content/silk-rumored-spider-man-homecoming-played-tiffany-espensen
GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)Emphasis on ethnic characters as well. Nice to see.
RandySF
(59,531 posts)My son can't wait to see it.
GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)As long as they can actually act though. As an adult those shows are hard to watch.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Right now all I'm thinking about is Sept 30th
RandySF
(59,531 posts)Last edited Wed Aug 24, 2016, 03:45 AM - Edit history (1)
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)September 30
sakabatou
(42,189 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)is going to be Mary Jane Watson, played by Zendaya.
I stopped collecting comics in the early 90s, so I have no idea of how Silk and Spider-Man relate in the comics, as I think Silk came along later. There could be a Spidey/Mary Jane/Silk love triangle?
sakabatou
(42,189 posts)There is no love triangle iirc since the comic "One More Day," which I absolutely hated.
GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)But yes, Disney/Marvel can overlook that kind of behavior.
sakabatou
(42,189 posts)So they'll change it to just plain team-up if MJ's in it.
GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)Nothing wrong with more Spider-girls IMO.
She so very new and completely unknown though. It might seem like they're tying to muck with the Spiderman mythos just to shoe-in some diversity. I trust Marvel to do this right, but if Sony is behind Silk's introduction...oh hell.
sakabatou
(42,189 posts)If they really wanted to get ambitious, they could always do the Spiderverse story: