'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Supporting Cast News
'Spider-Man: Homecoming' director Jon Watts shared some information regarding the supporting cast of the film in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.
Check out this breakdown of each character from Slash Film:
Flash Thompson (Tony Revolori)
This is the easy one for even casual Spider-Man fans. Flash Thompson is Peter Parker’s bully in high school, always tormenting the science nerd. Funnily enough, the character comes to idolize Spider-Man, unaware that Parker is the guy under the mask. Perhaps that could be something that comes into play in this iteration of Spider-Man since Watts mentioned during the Comic-Con panel that one of the hurdles for Parker is having to keep the fact that he’s Spider-Man secret from his friends.
Flash Thompson was played by Chris Zylka in The Amazing Spider-Man and Joe Manganiello in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Manfranchise, and now he’ll be played by Tony Revolori (right) of The Grand Budapest Hotel. That’s an interesting casting decision since Revolori doesn’t exactly have an intimidating presence has played a bit of a nerdy kid himself in Dope, but I’m looking forward to seeing him in the role.
Michelle (Zendaya)
Even though she hasn’t been given a last name officially, there have been rumblings that the character played by Zendaya will be Michelle Gonzales. In the comics, the character is a new addition to Spider-Man’s story as a character that Peter interacts with as an adult. She ends up as Peter Parker’s roommate and the two have a one night stand that complicates their relationship. This likely isn’t the angle her character will have in the movie as we’ve seen the character as a sort of punk kind of girl who gives Peter a playfully hard time in school. Could Zendaya (left) be the new love interest for Peter instead of Mary Jane Watson?
Liz Allan (Laura Harrier)
In the comics, Liz Allan is another potential love interest for Peter Parker, but nothing ever really comes out of it because she used to be Flash Thompson’s girlfriend in high school (a trait that was transferred to Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man), making things a bit complicated. For a time, she wasn’t in the comics at all, but she became a key player as the stepsister of the villain The Molten Man and eventually married Harry Osborn. As a high school student played by Laura Harrier (bottom), it’s unlikely the latter portion will come into play, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she was Flash Thompson’s girlfriend in the movie.
Ned Leeds (Jacob Batalon)
Finally, Jacob Batalon (top) is playing Ned Leeds. In the comics, Leeds works for the Daily Bugle and becomes a bit of a rival to a teenage Parker, who had a crush on Betty Brant, the secretary of J. Jonah Jameson. Perhaps the high school version of this character will give Parker a run for his money with another potential love interest. Maybe they even work for the high school newspaper together. Leeds’ comic book history sees him getting brainwashed and turned into the second Hobgoblin, but again, that’s not something we’ll likely see in the movie either.
