Spider-Man 3 included a 2d honey interest for Peter Parker: Gwen Stacy, even though her presence hadn't even been teased before – then, was she setting something up for the sequel? Spider-Homo's history on the big screen has had a chip of everything, simply it had a good start in 2002 with Sam Raimi'due south Spider-Man, with Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker and Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn/Light-green Goblin. 2 years later, a sequel – but titled Spider-Man 2 – was released, putting Raimi'southward version of the web-slinger at the top thanks to its combination of activeness, drama, and how true to the comic books it is.

Sadly, this success didn't concluding for long, and Spider-Human iii wasn't well received. Spider-Man 3 made some big mistakes, generally having too many villains and very trivial plot, and it ended upward putting an stop to Raimi'southward Spider-Homo saga, which could accept extended to five films. Between villains and neutral characters, Spider-Homo three introduced too many new faces, such as Eddie Brock (Topher Grace), Flintstone Marko/Sandman (Thomas Haden Church), and Gwen Stacy (Bryce Dallas Howard). The latter is very well-known to those familiar with the Spider-Man comics, but every bit Raimi'southward films had Mary Jane Watson as Peter's love interest, there didn't seem to be a identify for her – until Spider-Human being iii happened.

Gwen Stacy was included in Spider-Man 3 at the request of producers, who wanted to add a rival dearest interest and fill an "other daughter" type that Raimi had already created in the trilogy. Even so, Spider-Human 3 didn't give plenty fourth dimension for Gwen's character (and others) to be developed, though she was originally planned to take a slightly bigger part. Gwen was supposed to exist the one trapped in the taxi in the climactic fight, not Mary Jane, who would have and so be the 1 persuading Harry to aid Peter. This would take made way for Gwen's render in Spider-Man 4, as she reportedly made information technology to the kickoff drafts of the sequel.

Gwen'south function in Spider-Man 3 ended up being that of the woman used to brand the hero'south love interest jealous and thus trigger disharmonize in his personal life. Gwen realized this during the infamous jazz social club scene and apologized to Mary Jane before leaving, and fabricated one last advent at Harry's funeral. Given that Raimi's Spider-Man films were all most Mary Jane equally Peter's beat out and sentimental partner, Gwen's role in the saga probably wouldn't have lasted long. Gwen'south death could have been included in Spider-Man four, more than then every bit it was supposed to happen in Spider-Man two, triggering a different type of disharmonize within Peter and as well affecting his part as Spider-Man, too every bit his human relationship with Mary Jane (again).

Given how important her role is in the Spider-Man comics, Gwen Stacy had a lot of potential, and had she been approached differently in Raimi's films, she could have had an actual future in information technology. The lack of plot and oversaturation of characters in Spider-Man 3 ended upwards affecting the characters in many means, but at least Gwen'due south popularity grew after it and was given a 2nd take chances in Marc Webb'southward The Astonishing Spider-Homo films.

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Adrienne Tyler is a features author for Screen Rant. She is an Audiovisual Communication graduate who wanted to be a filmmaker, but life had other plans (and it turned out bang-up). Prior to Screen Bluster, she wrote for Pop Wrapped, iv Your Excitement (4YE), and D20Crit, where she was also a regular guest at Netfreaks podcast. She was also a contributor for FanSided's BamSmackPow and 1428 Elm. Adrienne is very into films and she enjoys a fleck of everything: from superhero films to heartbreaking dramas, to low-budget horror films. Every fourth dimension she manages to commit to a Tv set show without getting bored, an angel gets its wings.

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