# Who should play Spider Woman

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543>\
**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:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/21 "2007-09-27T14:17:58Z")

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[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou]  
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.  
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Actually, the original Spider-Woman emits (or emitted, things may have changed) pheremones which cause women to be repelled by her (but men to be attracted).

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**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/22 "2007-09-27T14:38:26Z")

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What about what’s her name from Firefly?

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/23 "2007-09-27T15:00:45Z")

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You all are forgetting Robot Arm’s First Law of Superhero Movies:

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> When casting the role of a superhero, forget about the hero and choose an actor who can play the secret identity.

Christopher Reeve was good as Clark Kent, so _Superman_ worked.  
Tobey Maguire was great as Peter Parker, so _Spider-Man_ worked.  
Does anyone believe Jessica Alba as an astronaut?

It’s the First Law, ignore it at your peril.

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/24 "2007-09-27T15:20:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Sweetums]  
Jessica Alba as the Invisible Woman (Really, is it too much to ask that Sue Storm be the same ethnicity as her brother)  
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Um, what? Is this like one of those ethnicity drafts from Chappelle’s Show?

Jessica Alba’s father is Mexican and her mother is a bunch of Danish and French (or so says IMDB).

Also according to IMDB, Chris Evans’ parents are listed as Irish and Italian.

That’s close enough for me.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/25 "2007-09-27T15:33:37Z")

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[QUOTE=Push You Down]  
What about what’s her name from Firefly?  
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Nathan Fillion? I don’t think you get the point of this game.

Oh, you mean Morena Baccarin.

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-spider-woman/403543/26 "2007-09-27T15:36:12Z")

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For a Mary Jane SW, Claire Danes.

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