'Spider-Man Homecoming's Zendaya Has To Keep Explaining That She Doesn't Play Mary Jane Watson

We couldn’t even count on two hands how many times Zendaya has had to answer this question: Do you play Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man Homecoming?

The answer is no. The answer has always been no.

Even though she could play the role, she’s not. She’s Michelle.

“My character is 100 percent Michelle, that’s her name, I promise I’m not lying,” she told MTV once again last weekend. “She’s definitely a different character.”

Zendaya adds about Michelle: “This is a character I can have fun with and just really create what I wanted to make her and the director a lot of really cool ideas about how to make her weird and interesting and cool.

“She says weird things at the wrong time, but that’s why people like her.”

Spider-Man: Homecoming is out on July 7th.