Now that Marvel and Sony have found their Peter Parker, the focus has turned to the aunt who raised him. Sources tell Variety that Marisa Tomei is the choice to play Aunt May in the next installment of the ‘Spider-Man’ franchise.
Sony and Marvel had no comment on the casting. While insiders could not say where things stood in the deal-making process, they said an offer was made late last week for the Oscar-winning actress to join Tom Holland, who was recently tapped to play the webslinging superhero.
However, it seems like the decision to cast young Marisa Tomei has not gone down well with the fans of Spiderman. They took to twitter to express their protest against the decision of Marvel and Sony.
Aunt May is... Um, never thought I'd say this. But... Aunt May is kind of.... Someone say it for me dammit. pic.twitter.com/juRPvJqNYZ
— Superhero Feed (@SuperheroFeed) July 8, 2015
LOVE @marisatomei But seriously @Marvel?! Could we be more sexist & ageist? Aunt May looks like this. #Spiderman pic.twitter.com/2gkf5OhzeJ
— DanaMAdams (@DanaMAdams) July 9, 2015
And then suddenly out of nowhere.. Aunt May showed up Hot! #Spiderman #MarisaTomei
— Shashank (@KayShankz) July 9, 2015
New Spider-Man poster leaked #MarisaTomei #ComicCon pic.twitter.com/gfkO4Ww9WS
— Benjamin Siemon (@BenjaminJS) July 9, 2015
You know you're getting old when #MarisaTomei is cast as Aunt May in #Spiderman. https://t.co/g65wAtuq8z pic.twitter.com/DiCNevkYcd
— Over Jupiter (@overjupiter) July 8, 2015
(With inputs from Variety.com)
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