Overview
- Woodley said in a SAG‑AFTRA Foundation conversation that she was cast as Mary Jane Watson and filmed three scenes with Andrew Garfield before learning the material was removed.
- She recalled being told about a year after filming that the scenes would not appear because the filmmakers wanted to avoid crowding the movie and keep a tighter story focus.
- Director Marc Webb and producer Matt Tolmach have previously said the franchise had an overstuffed script and that the Mary Jane material was cut as an editorial choice.
- Sony later shelved plans for a third Amazing Spider-Man film and shifted its franchise strategy, which prevented the planned reintroduction of Woodley’s Mary Jane.
- There is no public sign Sony will release the deleted footage, though Andrew Garfield’s occasional returns to the role leave a remote and unconfirmed possibility that the character could resurface.