Before she was running from dinosaurs or directing episodes of The Mandalorian, Bryce Dallas Howard was best known for playing Gwen Stacy in 2007’s Spider-Man 3. With the Gwen character being a main player in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Howard went online to gush about how much she loved the movie.
Here’s her post:
As a former Gwen Stacy, can I just say: RUN DON’T WALK to see “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”! Bravo to the entire creative team! An astonishing film on every level. My pops and I are already itching for the next! Congrats:) @SpiderVerse @RealRonHoward pic.twitter.com/eEactL4D7p
— Bryce Dallas Howard (@BryceDHoward) June 4, 2023
For context, here’s a scene from when Howard was playing Stacy from 16 years ago:
Before Spider-Gwen was created back in 2014, Gwen Stacy was notoriously Peter Parker’s dead girlfriend who was killed by Green Goblin in the comics. Gwen had remained a famously dead character for decades, and it wasn’t until the Edge of the Spider-Verse comic where Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez switched Peter Parker out with her and created one of the most celebrated female superheroes today.
As far as live-action appearances go, Gwen has just been a love interest for Spider-Man, but maybe the popularity of the Spider-Verse movies could bring a live-action Spider-Gwen to the spotlight. I’d say let Hailee Steinfeld play her again, but seeing that she’s already Kate Bishop in the MCU, I wouldn’t mind if they cast someone else younger.
Then again, the animated Gwen is already a pretty great take on the character, and after seeing Spider-Verse 2, it’s going to be a real challenge to pull of Gwen and Miles in live-action the way they’re portrayed in the film.
For now, catch Gwen in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse now showing in theaters.
