Yup. Some BAD casting of a Hollywood insider, it seems. She was a blonde in THE VILLAGE, but she still isn't a good Gwen Stacy: I think she looks way too much like Cynthia Nixon: http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.ya...rd/fnlpred.jpg...
Hmm. This makes me feel I need to re-read some old stuff. My recollection is that I had very little use for Gwen Stacy in the earliest high school years, and then by the end I felt that way too. Maybe I'm forgetting a middle part where they tried to develop her character in an interesting way...
Gwen Stacy's death was explained 4 months after the original issue in the letters page. When Spider-Man's caught her suddenly and pulled her up, this created a fatal whiplash effect.
I would interested if Raimi confirmed it. I guess I'm being overly particular. If he's done the "death" story, what's the significance of that rather foreboding final shot of Mary Jane in 2?
Raimi just blipped over some awfully important years, eh? At least for us original readers of 30+ years ago. Is he setting up MJ as a stand-in for Gwen Stacy? Will Harry as the Green Goblin kill her in 3? The final shot of her in 2 was a fairly ominous conclusion.