7) Betty Brant
Elizabeth Banks played a very minor role in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movies as Betty Brant, but she sadly didn’t have much of an impact on anything that happened. That’s quite a contrast to the comic book version of J. Jonah Jameson’s secretary (who later becomes a reporter), as she was actually Peter Parker’s first girlfriend. Unfortunately, they split up when Peter’s activities as Spider-Man led to him being unable to spend enough time with her.
At this point, we’ve had three movies which featured Mary Jane Watson as a love interest and three focusing on Gwen Stacy. Bringing the latter back so soon after The Amazing Spider-Man movies would be a mistake, and while Mary Jane has been gone from the big screen long enough to be effectively rebooted without bringing up past memories, it would be much more interesting to introduce a brand new love interest in the form of Betty Brant.
Published: Jun 2, 2016 11:23 am