Spider-Man: Homecoming Actress Thought She Lost Liz Allan Role To Zendaya

Spider-Man: Homecoming’s Laura Harriersays she thoughtshe had lost the Liz Allan role to Zendaya. Harrier is a former model and actress and was first recognized for her role as Destiny Evans in the reboot of One Life to Live. Spider-Man: Homecoming was her major film debut, and since then, she has also portrayed Patrice Dumas in BlacKkKlansman. Most recently, she played struggling actress Camille Washington in Netflix's miniseries Hollywood.

Harrier's Liz Allan was Peter Parker's love interest in Spider-Man: Homecoming. While not as well-known as Mary Jane or Gwen Stacy, Liz Allan has her own history with Spider-Man. Liz actually made an appearance in the very first Spider-Man comic book issue in 1962. The character was nameless at first, then finally given a name in The Amazing Spider-Man #4. The character has also appeared on Spider-Man shows and novels as a side character. Liz is also a mutant in certain universes and has feelings for the webslinger. In Spider-Man: Homecoming, the driven and popular high school student was on Peter's academic decathlon team, and was revealed to be the daughter of The Vulture.

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Harrier recently sat down for an interview with Net-A-Porter, during which she explained that when she found out Zendaya was cast in Spider-Man: Homecoming, she assumed that was it for her role as Liz: “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. She must have.†Harrier explains that she called her agent, who reassured her that she was still in the running.

Harrier continues, "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. 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." Harrier finishes by saying that she had a great time filming the movie and that she's friends with Zendaya now. Harrier also mentioned enjoying the movie's wire work.

In a competitive field and industry, in which minorities and POC have to vie for the same small number of roles, it was a big deal to see two black female leads in a major studio film. Thus far, the vast majority of the MCU movies have centered on characters portrayed by straight, white men. The exceptions to this are movies like Black Panther, Captain Marvel, and the upcoming Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. There are so many superhero stories left to tell, and hopefully they will feature more diverse casts.

At the end of Spider-Man: Homecoming, Harrier's character Liz Allan moved away with her mother in the events following the arrest of her father, The Vulture. It opened up future stories for Zendaya's character, MJ, to play Peter's romantic interest in future movies. Spider-Man: Homecoming was immediately followed by Spider-Man: Far From Home, and there is a third film planned for release.

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Source: Net-A-Porter

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