Former SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW Frontrunner Meg Donnelly Hopes To Play MCU's Gwen Stacy/Spider-Gwen

Former SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW Frontrunner Meg Donnelly Hopes To Play MCU's Gwen Stacy/Spider-Gwen

Crisis on Infinite Earths star Meg Donnelly has addressed the possibility of joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, suggesting she could play Spider-Gwen or a musical member of the X-Men. Check it out!

By JoshWilding - Jul 20, 2024 11:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Spider-Man
Source: The Hollywood Handle

Meg Donnelly is best known for starring in Disney's Zombies franchise and the short-lived Supernatural spin-off, The Winchesters. She's also spent the past few years voicing Supergirl in the DC Animated Universe and was a frontrunner for the role in DC Studios' Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.

Unfortunately, Donnelly narrowly missed out on playing the Maiden of Might when House of the Dragon star Milly Alcock beat her to the role. That doesn't mean she's giving up on playing a superhero, though!

Talking to The Hollywood Handle, Donnelly was asked who she would like to play in the MCU and made an undeniably spectacular suggestion.

"In the MCU? Ooh. I mean, I would [play] Gwen Stacy. I love her so that that would be really cool or like Spider-Gwen would be really cool," the actress said. "I don’t think they’re planning on it, but a live version of the Spider-Verse...that would be cool because she’s really awesome. There’s so many."

"My friend just sent me the other day like, Dazzler from X Men and she was like, I should go as her for Halloween and I was like that’d be cool," Donnelly added, hinting at another role we'd say she'd be a great fit for on the Marvel side. 

Hailee Steinfeld voices Spider-Gwen in the animated Spider-Verse franchise but is the MCU's Hawkeye and arguably wouldn't be the right fit for a live-action version of the web-slinger. 

Shockingly, Sony Pictures doesn't appear to have any plans for Gwen Stacy and there's been no indication of her swinging into the MCU either. We'd like to think that will eventually change, though, so it's good to see Donnelly throw her hat into the ring.

As for Dazzler, while rumours previously swirled that Taylor Swift would play the character in Deadpool & Wolverine, there's no reason the Crisis on Infinite Earths star can't play her in the eventual X-Men reboot. 

"It was something that I really had to fight for to get an audition because I wanted to be a part of [it] and be Supergirl in any way. That was a dream of mine, to be a superhero on screen as well," Donnelly recently told us of her Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow audition. "So, I really fought for the audition and the fact that I got one and they liked it and I was then able to go and screen test."

"I was able to do stunts and do scenes on camera as Supergirl," she adds, revealing how close she came to being cast. "That was really all I could ask for; the fact I was able to do that. I still don't really feel like it was real, so it was just an honour. I think they're just going in a different direction and that's totally great but everyone there was so nice and incredible. It was surreal how nice they were [Laughs]."

"It was cool to get so close and hopefully be in the DCU in any way, that would be really cool. It was a great experience."

You can check out our interview with Donnelly in the player below.

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Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 7/20/2024, 11:06 AM
No , go back to monke.
TheRogue
TheRogue - 7/20/2024, 11:10 AM
@Malatrova15 - Thats enough damnit
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 7/20/2024, 11:17 AM
@TheRogue - the only person being eyed for Gwen in the MCU is Amandla Stenberg.
TheRogue
TheRogue - 7/20/2024, 11:22 AM
@Malatrova15 - You quite literlly have a decent option in your avatar
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 7/20/2024, 11:25 AM
@TheRogue - thats a man bro!
captainwalker
captainwalker - 7/20/2024, 11:26 AM
@Malatrova15 - In reality anyone affiliated with demonwood is a " berg ".
TheRogue
TheRogue - 7/20/2024, 11:28 AM
@Malatrova15 - A fiine ass women
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 7/20/2024, 11:46 AM
@captainwalker - what are the odds?!!!
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 7/20/2024, 11:46 AM
@TheRogue - or maybe just the opposite.
TheRogue
TheRogue - 7/20/2024, 12:43 PM
@Malatrova15 - A ugly insect.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 7/20/2024, 11:08 AM
Ehh… I’m ok with this casting
TheRogue
TheRogue - 7/20/2024, 11:11 AM
She doesent look too far from emma stone
valmic
valmic - 7/20/2024, 11:12 AM
She looks more like she could be related to Corenswet than Alcock, but Gunn has his reasons.
MilestoneKnight
MilestoneKnight - 7/20/2024, 5:45 PM
@valmic - YEP, exactly and I'm betting all of those reasons primarily dial down to "I'm personally more attracted to Milly than Meg, because she looks like a younger version of my wife and fits my tastes in exotic supermodels that I shamelessly simp for due to being a closeted sex offender who wants to earn favors from hot actresses by exploiting comic book properties I couldn't give two shits about". Gunn is one of the biggest losers in Hollywood - a talentless hack who merely lucked out because he hit a niche by inserting juvenile edgelord humor into superhero projects. My hope in the DCU continues to dwindle with each passing day. I really wish Gunn hadn't been uncanceled. He doesn't deserve to be head of the DCU, especially given his sketchy history of dirty Twitter posts back in the day and his tendency to mock the characters and stories he makes a profit from - concepts that the original creators got nothing from and shit on for it. I hate to say it, but at this point, I would've preferred the pre-DCU, post-The Flash rebrand that was in place over the "Gunn-verse" bullshit.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 7/20/2024, 6:12 PM
@valmic - if they were siblings, I'd agree he should've gone for Meg. Seeing how I look nothing like my niece though either, I don't mind
comicfan100
comicfan100 - 7/20/2024, 11:17 AM
Damn, that's some pretty good casting actually.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 7/20/2024, 11:18 AM
I could see her as Gwen or Dazzler in the MCU so why not?.

Also given that Lord & Miller are doing their own slate of TV shows with the Sony Marvel properties , I wouldn’t be surprised if we do get Spider-Gwen in the future…

However it would probably be a loose adaptation like Spider-Noir is seemingly shaping up to be due to the shared rights with Marvel which is unfortunate because imagine seeing Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/The Kingpin!!.

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CyberNigerian
CyberNigerian - 7/20/2024, 11:24 AM
Someone should tell her it will be a Sony movie.

harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 7/20/2024, 12:10 PM
storm.
SummersEssex
SummersEssex - 7/20/2024, 1:35 PM
eh... maybe I just hate my kid's obsession with the Disney Zombies stuff, but... I don't think so. I guess if she was close to getting the Supergirl role maybe she's better than I think and should just relax.
Nightmare
Nightmare - 7/20/2024, 2:57 PM
She'll end up being Stargirl.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 7/20/2024, 6:13 PM
@Nightmare - that's a good choice honestly. I think she fits Gwen, but I wouldn't mind Stargirl either
dagenspear
dagenspear - 7/20/2024, 5:12 PM
I don't really see her look applying to the versions of the character I know, for me.

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