Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek’s network of contributorsLast week came the news that Sadie Sink of “Stranger Things” fame had been cast in the upcoming “Spider-Man 4” with most fans convinced she’s either playing Jean Grey of the X-Men or Mary Jane Watson. In an interview with the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, interestingly recorded before the news of her joining “Spider-Man 4” broke, Sink responds specifically to the rumors of being cast as Jean Grey, saying “This is news to me.” Giancarlo Esposito Originally Cast As Different Marvel VillainBut as the questioning continues, she gets a little bit more defensive. When asked if she’s ever talked to Kevin Feige about the character, she says, “No, I can’t, no. I have nothing to say about this.”
Sadie Sink attends Searchlight Pictures’ “O’Dessa” New York Screening at Metrograph on March 11, 2025 in New York City.
Sadie Sink attends Searchlight Pictures’ “O’Dessa” New York Screening at Metrograph on March 11, 2025 in New York City.
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Considering this was apparently recorded before the “Spider-Man 4” casting news dropped, it means Josh Horowitz must have been responding to a rumor completely separate from Deadline’s report. With that in mind, and looking at Sink’s response to the question of speaking to Kevin Feige, one might choose to see it as proof the fans casting her as Mary Jane are more likely to be proven correct.Then again, Sink certainly seems like she wouldn’t mind if the rumor were true. She says, “The rumors are really cool, though. It’s an awesome rumor.” She also calls Jean Grey “a great character.”If the rumors are correct and it turns out Sink is playing Jean Grey, it begs the question of why such a character would be introduced in “Spider-Man 4” rather than in an “X-Men” film. Of course, both Tom Holland’s Spider-Man and Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther were introduced in 2016’s “Captain America: Civil War,” so it wouldn’t necessarily be a new thing for Marvel to introduce a character in a franchise separate from its own.Whether fans will ever see Sadie Sink as Jean Grey or Mary Jane Watson, it’s been a long three years since they got to see her as Max Mayfield, and they’ll finally get to witness her reprise that role soon. The fifth and final season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” streams this fall. The first six episodes of Season 5 will be released on October 10, and the final two will bow November 27.”Spider-Man 4″ will be released in theaters July 31, 2026. Destin Daniel Cretton is directing and Tom Holland will return to play the eponymous hero.More Comics:Colin Farrell In Talks to Play Classic DC War HeroOpinion: Top 5 Comic Book Movies and TV Shows Coming Out This Year
