A lot of us came into The Amazing Spider-Man reboot with a refreshed hope that the perceived errors of the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy would not be repeated. Although still altering the original Spider-Man mythos more than a bit, The Amazing Spider-Man movie stayed true enough to the comic book source material to satisfy plenty of Spidey’s die-hard fans, while still managing to bring in over 700 million worldwide, and making actor Andrew Garfield (Spider-Man) a household name, overnight.
With Amazing Spider-Man 2 already in development, the questions of the characters’ fates looms large in fans’ minds – and one of the franchise stars has some designs of her own to share.
WARNING!!! AMAZING SPIDER-MAN SPOILERS BELOW!!!
One of the most observable in ASM was to the fate of Spider-Man’s girlfriend Gwen Stacy. When the news broke that the cute but nerdy Gwen Stacy would be taking the place of sultry Mary Jane Watson as Peter Parker’s love interest, fans were more than pleased, but immediately expected to hear a Funeral March soon after. Now it appears Gwen’s indispensable death at the hands of her lover has not been altered, but simply delayed.
In a recent sit-down with Interview magazine, Gwen Stacy actress Emma Stone touched upon what her cherished comicbook counterpart’s pivotal death means, and how she feels the critical event should happen in upcoming squeals:
“Essentially the argument is that Spider-Man kills her by accident, so the person she loves is the person who kills her, which is the most horrifying thing. Apparently people unsubscribed to the comic book when that happened because they were just so flipped-out over it. But, of course, I want to stay true to that.”
Emma Stone as the ill-fated Gwen Stacy with co-star Andrew Garfield
For those who are only casual readers of the Spider-Man comics: Spider-Man’s classmate-turned-girlfriend Gwen met her tragic end in a 1970s Amazing Spider-Man story arc, “The Night Gwen Stacy Died”. Following a seemly routine confrontation with his archenemies Norman Osborn (AKA The Green Goblin), Spider-Man is shocked to find out that the Goblin has kidnapped his girlfriend Gwen and is holding her captive at the George Washington Bridge. Spidey arrives just in time to witness the Goblin mercilessly hurl the frightened Gwen off the top of the bridge.
Acting on instinct, Spider-Man quickly wraps his web around Gwen’s ankles apparently saving her – only to find out that due to his lack of proper bungee support, he has inadvertently snapped his beloved’s neck. After Gwen’s death, Spider-Man hunts the Green Goblin down and beats him within an inch of his life – but can’t bring himself to kill his enemy. The Goblin uses this moment of mercy to turn the tables by attempting to impale Spider-Man with his glider – but alerted by his Spider sense, Spider-Man dodges the charging gilder, which skewers Osborne instead, apparently ending the dark reign of The Green Goblin.
Gwen’s death was also the catalyst for the romantic relationship between Peter and Mary Jane Watson to grow in the comics. As both were close friends of Gwen, they found comfort from the tragic loss within each other’s arms, and the two eventually progressed to become more than friends.
Gwen Stacy’s death as seen in ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ #121 (click to enlarge)
So here’s the truth about “The Night Gwen Stacy Died”: Gwen died simply because no one knew what else to do with her. The decision was made conjointly by Marvel staff writer Gerry Conway, artist John Romita Sr., and Editor Roy Thomas when they found that with Peter and Gwen getting out of high school and slowly reaching adulthood, their deep relationship was reaching its inevitable conclusion; marriage. At the time, Marvel was beat-fist adamant that they did not want Spider-Man to get hitched, as they felt it would have drastically aged the character and would have made previously-planned plotlines difficult to initiate. To add to the problem, the team felt a messy breakup would have appeared too unrealistic for the two – thus Gwen’s execution papers were signed.
Gwen’s death was somewhat breezed upon in the first installment of Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy when The Goblin lures Spider-Man to the top of the Queensboro Bridge by kidnapping Mary Jane (instead of Gwen) and a Tramway car full of children. The Goblin drops both Mary Jane and the kids forcing Spider-Man to choose which one he will save – but a quick thinking Spidey is able to save them both. (A moment we deliciously twisted into this comedic Spider-Man movie mashup.)
It’s always awesome to see actors not only acquainting themselves with the original comic book source material, but actively wanting to remain true to it. However, the topic of Gwen Stacy’s death rests in the hands of director Marc Webb (who is rumored to be on his way out of the series) and writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. So far the team has done a decent job remaining fairly close to the original Spider-Man story – but ultimately (no pun) time will tell what direction they eventually decide to go.
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Source: Indie Wire
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As much as I love Emma stone in the movie she needs to die which I think will make them better because that’s what really happens
She doesn’t need to die. Gwen Stacy only died because Marvel didn’t want Peter to get married. I think they should do what Spectacular Spider-Man did and make it ambiguous, but not have plans to kill her. I’m all for keeping with comic canon but this is something that I’m fine with changing.
Yes it was a decision made for a practical reason at that time, but it is undeniable that it has since then became an integral part of the spider-man mytho. In fact, asking spending the entire movie making me like Gwen as portrayed, part of what makes the ending of the ASM movie so great to me was that part of me wants them to end up back together, yet the other part of me don’t want them to because if they do it will likely eventually lead to her death. If she does die it will be great drama, because in the movie universe Peter won’t only be regretting the split-second, perhaps not-fully voluntary, error that causes her to die, but Peter will likely blame himself for the very conscious and voluntary decision to take on the risk of what a relationship with Gwen may mean despite being clearly warned by Captain Stacy.
I absolutely don’t want Gwen to die in the second film or it will piss me my friends off completely.
I dont believe that they will kill of Gwen in the 2nd movie of the Amazing Spider-Man since Emma Stone is signed in for a 3-movie contract with TASM, it is way too early to kill off one of the main characters, and the main villain here is not Green Goblin. Webb told us that this Spidey is more true to the comics, all the hints of Gwen’s death, Jamie Foxx telling MTV that Dane Dehaan’s character is “dope” and “to not be trusted” and all this hype about Norman Osborn/OsCorp in the first movie makes me believe that the “Night Gwen Stacy Died” Story Arc will be used.
If this is true, then that movie has the ability to top The Dark Knight and earn the respect and credibility the movie and the working crew deserves.
And finances wont be a problem, I dont believe the Execs over at Sony are stupid since they were smart enough to reboot Cinematic Spidey after the atrocity of SM3 (although the ending, Harry’s death, and the Venom/Sandman final battle against Spidey was epic). If an event like this worked successfully with Batman over in TDK with Rachel’s death and how today’s audience isn’t into “happily ever after” BS, this can make Sony richer than they can ever dream to get out of one trilogy based on a guy with spider/super powers.
Noting that Electro and Rhyno (I know I misspelled Rhino, but the word looks much cooler like that
)are the main villains, and Emma Stone is signed in for a 3-movie contract, I know for a fact Gwen Stacy will die in the third movie.
I honestly think TDK was incredibly overrated. It’s part of the problem that everyone thinks things need to be dark to be good. I personally thought that Rachel’s death was incredibly stupid. Overall the movie was too dark. I really didn’t like much of anything about TDK. I don’t want ASM following after that movie.
And if Gwen Stacey does die, I will stop watching the movies. I will be done with it. I don’t see any point in killing Gwen other than “It was in the comics.” I liked ASM and I don’t want it to go grimdark like TDK did.
if gwen will die in the second movie… i’ll stop watching spiderman
What ever happened in comics does not mean it has to happen in the movie.
This. I’d much rather if the movies didn’t do exactly what the comics did.
I love Emma Stone’s portrayal of Gwen Stacy. I want Gwen to live!
Nobody wants her to die, so don’t even think about killing her off in the upcoming sequels.