Much can be said for us genre fans. Probably at the top of the list for some would be the fact that we’re a stubborn bunch. When we get a notion in our heads, we don’t let that go, much like a two year old throwing a fit in a store because their parent won’t buy them some candy.
MTV News is reporting that once again, Zendaya has come out denying that she’s playing Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man: Homecoming. We don’t know much about her character in the movie as yet, apart from scene stealing glimpses in the trailers released for the film and that her character is named Michelle.
“My character is 100 percent Michelle,” she told MTV News correspondents Gaby Wilson and Josh Horowitz at the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards. “That’s her name. I promise you I’m not lying.”
Zendaya went on to describe Michelle as “weird and interesting and cool,” a character who “says weird things at the wrong times.” Her dry and awkward sense of humor is exactly why the actress thinks people will like Michelle as a character. “She’s like my spirit animal,” she said. “[She’s] how I feel on the inside.”