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Summary
- Zendaya was unknown to Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal when cast in Spider-Man.
- Amy Pascal and Kevin Feige were impressed by Zendaya’s talent, unaware she was already well known.
- The duo would later discover Zendaya was already a famous celebrity after she was cast in the MCU movie.
One of the biggest actors to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the Spider-Man reboot was completely unknown to the executives when they were cast.
During a Vogue spotlight, Amy Pascal, former Sony boss and longtime producer on the Spider-Man movies, revealed that she and Feige didn’t know who Zendaya was when they initially tapped her for the major MCU gig, sharing the following:
To be honest with you, neither Kevin Feige nor I knew who she was. She was wearing no makeup and she was just dressed like a regular girl, and we were like, ‘Oh my God, she’s amazing. She
has
to be in the movie.’ And then we found out she was a totally famous person, and felt really stupid.
Source: Vogue