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06-23-2016, 05:01 AM
Elizabeth Banks was apparently 'too old' at 28 to play Mary Jane in 'Spider-Man'
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A**ther day, a**ther actress facing ageism of Hollywood.*
Actress Elizabeth Banks sat down with*Glamour, revealing she was deemed (https://uk.******.yahoo.com/elizabeth-banks-was-deemed-too-old-to-be-093802909.html) "too old" to play Mary Jane in the 2002*Spider-Man franchise,*despite being only 28 years old — barely two years older than lead actor Tobey Maguire.*
“I screen-tested for the role of Mary-Jane Watson in the first Spider-Man movie, opposite Tobey Maguire.*Tobey and I are basically the same age and I was told I was too old to play her.*I’m like, ‘Oh, okay, that’s what I’ve signed up for.’”
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Instead, the role went to then 20-year-old Kirsten Dunst. Banks played supporting character Betty Brant, who works with Peter Parker at the Daily Bugle.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/22/elizabeth-banks-spider-man/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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A**ther day, a**ther actress facing ageism of Hollywood.*
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“I screen-tested for the role of Mary-Jane Watson in the first Spider-Man movie, opposite Tobey Maguire.*Tobey and I are basically the same age and I was told I was too old to play her.*I’m like, ‘Oh, okay, that’s what I’ve signed up for.’”
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Instead, the role went to then 20-year-old Kirsten Dunst. Banks played supporting character Betty Brant, who works with Peter Parker at the Daily Bugle.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/22/elizabeth-banks-spider-man/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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