# Who should play Spider Woman **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543 "2007-05-10T14:07:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/1 "2007-05-10T14:07:27Z")
Apparently, there is the potential to have a Spider Woman appearance in a big time movie, since Spider Woman exists in the comic book series. I can’t help but imagine which actresses would be considered and how hot they’d be as Spider Woman. The cool blend of personality and superhero, and she’d have to fit in to keep the Spidey series the best comic book conversion to movie we’ve seen. So who would be the perfect Spider Woman? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/2 "2007-05-10T14:09:35Z")
Too easy. Sonia Braga > **[Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) ⭐ 7.3 | Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089424/)** > > 2h | R Come on – you _knew_ that was coming! ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/3 "2007-05-10T14:23:11Z")
Depends which Spider-Woman. For dark-haired Jessica Drew, I nominate Rose McGowan. Jennifer Connelly would have been perfect, but she’s getting a little too old (and too skinny). For red-headed Julia Carpenter, maybe Alicia Witt (since she didn’t get cast as Mary Jane Watson, she still has a chance to be a hot redhead in a Marvel Spider-based franchise). ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/4 "2007-05-10T14:42:47Z")
Claudia Black would be a good choice, she’s great in any role, drama, comedy, action… ---
**Author:** ![Sweetums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Sweetums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweetums)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/5 "2007-05-10T15:33:44Z")
Oh please! ``` There really is no point discussing it. Past experience has show that if they do make the movie, they will follow the pattern of past comic female roles, and cast whichever flavor of the month actress they can get. Whether she is suited to the role or not. ``` Reference: Hallie Berry as Storm Jessica Alba as the Invisible Woman (Really, is it too much to ask that Sue Storm be the same ethnicity as her brother) Hallie Berry as Catwoman (sort of). Kirsten Dunst as a dishrag…,. er Mary Jane. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/6 "2007-05-10T15:41:03Z")
How about Elizabeth Banks? Smart, hot, sassy. She’s already played J. Jonah Jameson’s secretary in all three Spidey movies, so (depending upon how attached you are to Marvel canon) she could get spiderbit, too. > **[Elizabeth Banks | Actress, Producer, Director](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006969/)** > > Known for: The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, Love & Mercy ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/7 "2007-05-10T16:05:34Z")
Sara Ramirez, Just because i want to see her in skin tight lycra 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/8 "2007-05-10T22:06:42Z")
[QUOTE=akira5822] Sara Ramirez, Just because i want to see her in skin tight lycra 😛 [/QUOTE] Wa wa wee wa! I love the way you think! Too bad the Hollywood suits would never go for it. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/9 "2007-05-11T02:11:16Z")
Mary Lynn Rajskub? Y’know, for a Spider-Woman with some snark. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/10 "2007-05-11T05:14:51Z")
Nobody. Marvel has never been able to come up with an interesting character named Spider-Woman, and I doubt if Hollywood can. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/11 "2007-05-11T07:00:40Z")
Hmmm…I’m going to say [Megan Follows](http://www.soulpepper.ca/productions/2006/actor_bios/Follows_Megan.html). Just because no one would expect it, and to see if it would work. (You know—just like Burt Rutan’s design philosophy.) ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/12 "2007-05-11T07:59:06Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Rieux] Nobody. Marvel has never been able to come up with an interesting character named Spider-Woman, and I doubt if Hollywood can. [/QUOTE] Agreed. Now the Black Cat on the other hand… Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/13 "2007-05-11T16:45:37Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Rieux] Nobody. Marvel has never been able to come up with an interesting character named Spider-Woman, and I doubt if Hollywood can. [/QUOTE] She was pretty cool in Brian Bendis’ early run on New Avengers, I thought. And oh, that costume! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/14 "2007-05-11T17:37:09Z")
How about **Gale Sondedergaard** (if we had a time machine) [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0037303/](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0037303/) She was supposed to be a looker who specialized in cold, creepy women (as in **Rebecca** ) ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/15 "2007-05-11T17:45:07Z")
What was Spider Woman’s origin? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/16 "2007-05-11T17:51:03Z")
> [@](#): > > What was Spider Woman’s origin? Evidently it’s changed through time: > **[Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Woman_%28Jessica_Drew%29)** > > Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Archie Goodwin and Marie Severin, the character first appeared in Marvel Spotlight #32 (February 1977). 50 issues of an ongoing series titled Spider-Woman followed. At its conclusion, she fell into disuse, supplanted by other characters using the name Spider-Woman. Drew was originally a brainwashed spy working for Hydra. Writer Brian Michael Bendis added Spider-Woman to the roster o... ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/17 "2007-05-11T17:53:23Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] How about **Gale Sondedergaard** (if we had a time machine) [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0037303/](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0037303/) She was supposed to be a looker who specialized in cold, creepy women (as in **Rebecca** ) [/QUOTE] The Spider-Woman we’re talking about is a sexy Spandex-clad comic book superheroine with similar powers to Spider-Man, not cold or creepy at all. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/18 "2007-05-11T17:57:50Z")
> [@](#): > > The Spider-Woman we’re talking about is a sexy Spandex-clad comic book superheroine with similar powers to Spider-Man, not cold or creepy at all. I know that. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/19 "2007-05-11T20:13:13Z")
Jennifer Love Hewitt…? ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/20 "2007-09-27T13:55:24Z")
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