Sony's upcoming live-action Silk TV show adds to the bright future of the Spider-Man legacy character Cindy Moon, and one of these actresses should be the lucky one to bring her to life. Sony has been planning to make a movie based on a prominent female Marvel character for a long time, with Silk as a frequent candidate for a solo film set in the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters. Besides her appearance in the next installment of the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse franchise (either a direct sequel or an all-female spinoff), a live-action Silk TV show is already in the works.

In the comics, Cindy Moon is a young Korean American student who’s bitten by the same radioactive spider that gave Spider-Man his powers. But instead of becoming an A-list superhero and immediately start rubbing shoulders with the Avengers, she spends the next few years locked away by the mystical Ezekiel Sims, who trains her and protects her from the interdimensional villain Morlun and his family of vampire-like “Inheritors”. With similar powers to those of Spider-Man plus an organic ability to shoot webs out of her fingertips, Cindy Moon takes the superhero mantle of “Silk” and joins Peter Parker in his crime-fighting antics.

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Sony is creating a cinematic universe parallel to the MCU, but their true degree of interconnectivity is still a mystery. Whether the Silk series is set in the same universe as the MCU or diverges from it, the show will need a talented actress to play Cindy Moon. These are some of the most fitting candidates for the titular role of Silk.

Tiffany Espensen

Tiffany Espensen as Cindy Moon in the MCU

Tiffany Espensen, known for playing Piper Peckinpaw in the Nickelodeon comedy show Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures and Belinda in Disney XD’s Kirby Buckets, has already debuted as Cindy Moon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She first appeared in Spider-Man: Homecoming as one of Peter Parker’s (Tom Holland) classmates and a member of the Midtown School of Science and Technology decathlon team. She even had the misfortune of getting trapped in the elevator at the Washington Monument when the Chitauri weapon in Ned Leeds’s (Jacob Batalon) backpack malfunctioned. After she’s briefly seen in the school bus when the Black Order ship arrives in Avengers: Infinity War, she’s supposed to survive Thanos’ snap and graduate some time along the five years during which Peter is absent.

These five years between the snap that eliminated half of all life and the snap that brought it all back could be an opportunity for Silk to become an influential superhero in a world that desperately needs one. It’s still unclear how exactly Sony’s shared universe and the MCU are going to overlap, but if Michael Keaton’s appearance as Vulture in the upcoming Morbius movie is anything to go by, Tiffany Espensen’s reprisal of her role as Cindy Moon is not an outlandish possibility.

Park So-Dam

Park So-Dam as Kim Ki-Jung in Parasite

South Korean actress Park So-Dam rose to popularity in her native country with her performance as the possessed girl Young-Shin in the supernatural thriller The Priests before playing Eun Ha-Won in the Korean television series Cinderella with Four Knights. However, the role that shot her into international prominence was Kim Ki-Jung a.k.a. “Jessica” in Bong Joon-Ho’s Academy Award Winning film Parasite, where she demonstrated her ability to bring out the most charismatic side of a manipulator with self-indulgent intentions. Even in a film with so many appealing characters, Park So-Dam managed to stand out for her authentic portrayal of an overly ambitious young woman.

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Silk could be her chance to lead a series on her own and increase her success with western audiences. If Sony is looking for an actress with proven acting skills, Park So-Dam might be one of their likeliest choices. Her background in South Korean TV is also a plus. However, her biggest weakness would be the language barrier, but that is no obstacle when it comes to her talent, given that she has more than enough time to prepare for the role of Cindy Moon while the project moves forward in production.

Arden Cho

Arden Cho as Kira in Teen Wolf

Arden Cho is an actress of Korean-American descent who has been suggested by many fans for the role of Cindy Moon since a Silk solo film was rumored in 2018. Cho had her first minor role as Pru in the ABC show Pretty Little Liars, before becoming a series regular, Kira, in the Teen Wolf TV series. Although she doesn’t seem to have Cindy Moon’s eidetic memory, she is a gifted young woman just like her.

Besides acting, she’s a model, a YouTube vlogger, a skilled martial artist, a talented poker player, and a singer who has co-written, composed, and self-produced her own music. The role of Cindy Moon would benefit as much from her various real-life talents as she would benefit from the career boost that a lead role in a major Sony/Marvel production could bring her way. She's a decade older than Tom Holland, but her aspiration to kick butt onscreen is manifest in a list of minor acting credits that include Olympus Has Fallen (where she also worked as a stunt performer) and three voice acting roles in the 2013 Tomb Raider video game reboot.

Lana Condor

Lana Condor as Jubilee in X-Men Apocalypse

Lana Condor made her acting debut as the Marvel superhero Jubilee in X-Men: Apocalypse. Unfortunately, most of her scenes were infamously cut from the film, to the disapproval of many fans who had waited a long time to see a faithful live-action adaptation of the character. Her first shot at a perfectly-cast Marvel superhero role was sadly wasted, but Condor could have another opportunity in the form of Cindy Moon for Sony's Silk TV show.

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Just like Arden Cho, Lana Condor has been suggested for the role of Cindy Moon ever since rumors of a Silk live-action adaptation started making the rounds. Despite her limited acting experience, she has built the beginning of a strong career in the few years after X-Men: Apocalypse released. She starred as Lara Jean Covey in Netflix's To All the Boys I've Loved Before and its sequel To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (with another sequel on the way), played Saya Kuroki in the Syfy comic book adaptation Deadly Class, and Koyomi in Robert Rodriguez's Alita: Battle Angel.

Bae Suzy

Bae Suzy as Noh-Eul in Uncontrollably Fond

In 2010, South Korean singer Bae Suzy rose to fame with her K-Pop group Miss A, which quickly became a cultural sensation until their split-up in 2017. After that, she successfully debuted as a solo artist and continued her acting career, which she started in 2011 with the TV show Dream High and the romantic movie Architecture 101 (the latter of which earned her the status of "the nation’s first love"). Although she has yet to debut in Hollywood, her impressive career in South Korean movies and TV shows makes her a great choice for the role of Cindy Moon. As with Park So-Dam, her biggest obstacle would be the language barrier, but Sony could expand her reach in Hollywood by casting her as the lead in Silk.

The MCU is known for always casting the right actors for each role, but Sony has also shown a great track record in all their Spider-Man-related productions. Now that both studios are dipping their toes in TV, a proper casting choice is all the more important, as the characters have the chance to jump from the small screen to the movies. The Silk series needs a skillful actress to kickstart Sony's TV plans, and hopefully, one of these artists (or someone similar) will don the iconic mask.

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