Zendaya and I are friends now and I'm really grateful for her. We were just girls who went to a school in New York and that's what New York City looks like films should reflect that. 'I thought it was incredible and ground-breaking of Marvel to put us both in those roles and not to make it about our blackness. Harrier was pleasantly surprised by Marvel's willingness to give both her and Zendaya such important roles.

The latter played Liz, Peter Parker's high school crush, and in many ways the main female lead of the movie, while Zendaya played an unknown student who at the end is revealed to be nicknamed MJ, and would in the sequel be properly established as Peter/Spider-Man's main love interest. The actual role turned out to be a little bit of both for Zendaya and Harrier. When news of her involvement in the MCU broke, everyone naturally assumed she would be playing the lead female role of Peter Parker's eternal crush and eventual wife Mary Jane Watson.

I called my agent and they reassured me I was still in the running.'Īt the time when they were cast for Spider-Man: Homecoming, Zendaya was already an established singer and Disney star with a huge fan following. 'After I did my screen test for Spiderman, before I had heard anything, it came out a few weeks later that Zendaya was going to be cast in it, so I just figured I hadn't got the job. But during an interview with net-a-porter, Harrier revealed that for some time during the casting process, she was afraid Zendaya had been given her role. The actress signed on to play Liz Toomes, daughter of Adrian Toomes aka Vulture, and Peter Parker's high-school crush. Something similar happened to Laura Harrier while working on Spider-Man: Homecoming.

The film industry is a fickle mistress, and it pits actors against one another whether they want to compete or not.

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