Despite being one of the most integral parts of the Spider-Man mythology, Gwen Stacy has never been used to her full potential in the live-action movies. Bryce Dallas Howard played the character in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3, but she was positioned as more of a damsel in distress that required rescuing rather than a fully realized person, although there’s every chance her involvement in the fourth installment would have been much more substantial had it not been abandoned entirely.
Meanwhile, though there are many things to criticize about The Amazing Spider-Man duology, Emma Stone’s performance as Gwen isn’t one of them. Both movies were plagued by some pretty major narrative and script issues, but the chemistry between Stone and Andrew Garfield greatly elevated the material, despite many fans feeling that her death was poorly handled and never lived up to the heartbreaking and shocking moment that...
Meanwhile, though there are many things to criticize about The Amazing Spider-Man duology, Emma Stone’s performance as Gwen isn’t one of them. Both movies were plagued by some pretty major narrative and script issues, but the chemistry between Stone and Andrew Garfield greatly elevated the material, despite many fans feeling that her death was poorly handled and never lived up to the heartbreaking and shocking moment that...
- 10/19/2020
- by Scott Campbell
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