Marisa Tomei Wanted To Play Aunt May As An LGBTQ Character

Marisa Tomei plays Aunt May in the most recent incarnation of the Marvel superhero series, starring alongside Tom Holland who plays the titular Spider-Man. The actress recently revealed that she waned her character to be a lesbian in the Spider-Man films.

Despite the fact that May is married to Uncle Ben, who tragically dies, Tomei expressed interest in seeing her character have a girlfriend. She even suggested Sony producer Amy Pascal as a possible replacement for the rile. The 57-year-old recently made this statement on the show Geeks of Color.

“I had the impression that now that Ben was gone, she should just be with a lady. And we were kind of talking about it, and so I actually really wanted Amy Pascal from Sony to be my girlfriend. I was like, ‘No one even has to know, Amy. I’ll just be in a scene and you’ll be over there. And I’ll just be, like, ‘Hey!’ It’ll just be a subtle thing’.”

In the end, nothing came of it. “At the time, hardly one went for it,” Tomei remarked. This month, the third instalment of the new Spider-Man series was released in theatres. And the movie has blown through the box office in just a few days, grossing over $1 billion (£746,450,000) in just 12 days.

According to estimates, the three-day weekend brought in $81.5 million (£60,835,675). Tom Holland reprised his role as Peter Parker in the film, which is a co-production between Sony and Marvel-Cinematic Universe owners Disney. Zendaya plays Michelle Jones Watson, better known as MJ. Now we will have to see what’s next for Spidey.

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