SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Star Angourie Rice On Returning For Just ONE Scene And Those Viral TikToks

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Star Angourie Rice On Returning For Just ONE Scene And Those Viral TikToks

Angourie Rice only appears in one scene in Spider-Man: No Way Home, and the actress has now addressed Betty Brant's reduced role in the franchise as well as weighing in on those TikToks with her character.

By JoshWilding - Dec 30, 2021 12:12 PM EST
Filed Under: No Way Home
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Spider-Man: No Way Home juggles a lot of different characters, and that means a few fan-favourites were sidelined. While we spent a little time in Peter Parker's high school after his identity is revealed, teachers and pupils alike were sidelined despite being such a big part of Spider-Man: Far From Home

Angourie Rice's Betty Brant only has one scene in the threequel, which comes quite close to the start of the movie when she's doing a news report for Midtown High about Peter's return to school. While finding a way to include the character was welcomed, it's still a shame the talented Mare of Easttown star wasn't given a little more to do. Unfortunately, it seems there was simply no room for her character. 

Talking to The Hollywood Reporter, Rice opened up on learning of her reduced role in the threequel. 

"[The] pandemic disrupted a lot of things and has affected everything in the world. And it also affected the preproduction of Spider-Man and all movies that were being made, post-2020. So it was that thing of, 'We want Betty to be in it,' and I wanted to be in it, of course," the actress explained. "It’s been a huge part of my life, and I really wanted to be a part of it. So they were like, 'We want you to be a part of it, too,' but obviously, it’s hard with travel."

"And, of course, with the story focusing on Peter’s bigger-scale journey, they tackle a lot of big existential questions about what it means to be a hero. So it was really fun to come in, do my bit and work with people who I know and like working with," Rice continued. "And then to see it on the big screen, it’s this huge emotional, dramatic blockbuster."

Even though she only had a minor role in No Way Home, Rice was enlisted to shoot a series of TikToks revealing that Betty was interning at The Daily Bugle for J. Jonah Jameson. Asked if those were shot at the same time as her appearance in the movie itself, she explained: "They were done a bit later. They were done remotely in Australia."

The trade didn't ask too much about what could come next for Betty, but suggested her time at the Bugle might not last that long considering she often defends Spidey in those videos. "[Laughs] Listen, I don’t know how it’s going to work. I just watch the things afterwards and go, 'Oh, that’s cool! They edited it all together. I love it!'" 

In the comic books, Peter does become romantically linked to Betty when they both start working at The Daily Bugle, and the hero later finds himself in a love triangle with Ned Leeds. That could be fun to explore in Spider-Man 4, especially after the way things wrap up for the hero in No Way Home.

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TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 12/30/2021, 12:32 PM
Makes that world feel more loved in, love it
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 12/30/2021, 12:39 PM
The "Handjob" dance left me kinda "uhhhhh ok" but i'm starting to think that they weren't aware of...what it meant.


...right? :P

Tik tok shit of the highest order.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 12/30/2021, 12:40 PM
Also, let's not pretend they totally didn't waste this actress on such a meh role, forget the pandemic, let's be real.
DarkDetective
DarkDetective - 12/30/2021, 3:54 PM
@Doomsday8888 - handjob dance?
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 12/30/2021, 12:43 PM
Actually? You know what?

F*ck it.


Let's pull a Gemma Chan and double dip Angourie and make her a mutant.

Nobody will notice.
datfigures
datfigures - 12/30/2021, 12:56 PM
@Doomsday8888 - will have to make her Leech from the Morlocks so she’s hidden by make up. 😆
HulkisHoly
HulkisHoly - 12/30/2021, 1:26 PM
@Doomsday8888 -

Should have been MJ. Just sayin
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 12/30/2021, 12:46 PM
She should comeback for the 4th movie and be one of the first people Peter starts to reconnect with, little by little.
datfigures
datfigures - 12/30/2021, 12:53 PM
@NinnesMBC - agreed, I’d love to see Peter have a closer friendship with Betty similar to the comics. And with this new status quo, she can “meet” him when he takes a job with the Daily Bugle.

Just got to be careful and not get into Clark and Lois territory, haha.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 12/30/2021, 12:57 PM
@datfigures - Yes, it's probably best to avoid an office romance between them if/when he eventually goes to work at the Bugle. It could even make for a contrast of befriending her first and she finds out at some point he is Spidey just like it was Ned in high school.
incredibleTalk
incredibleTalk - 12/30/2021, 12:47 PM
In this multi-verse anyone can be a hero...we got Spider-Gwen how bout Webby Betty?
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 12/30/2021, 12:58 PM
A shame she wasnt cast as Gwen, although I think they are taking the "MJ route", and we are not getting a blonde actress as Gwen...
DarkDetective
DarkDetective - 12/30/2021, 3:58 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 - Gwen Stacy would probably be named Gwanda Tracy in this universe...I hate when they pull this kind of shit (Michelle Jones lol)
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 12/30/2021, 1:04 PM
This is the weekend it passes 1.3 billion. from 1.05 billion thats a whole week to make 250 million, so if it just reaches 1.25 is still great. Next week it’ll probably make another 100 or 150 million for the 1.45, 1.5 billion

I see it reaching 1.6 MAYBE 1.7
SoBeKing
SoBeKing - 12/30/2021, 1:24 PM
For how limited she was in it, giving her the "Go get em Tiger!" to Peter was cool
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 12/30/2021, 1:30 PM
Uh, what is this "dance"?

TheLobster
TheLobster - 12/30/2021, 2:33 PM
@Feralwookiee - a terrible tik tok trend. Pure cringe.
Luigi
Luigi - 12/30/2021, 2:43 PM
Possibly a hot take, but make her Ghost-Spider! Yeah, her name's not Gwen but she looks like her and is very likable. Basically a What If movie if she was bitten instead of Peter and politely told Tony Stark to piss off, separating her from Vulture and Mysterio connections
Kyos
Kyos - 12/30/2021, 4:18 PM
I reeeeeeally want to see her in a sequel to The Nice Guys. Why can't we get a sequel?! 🥺

TheLobster
TheLobster - 1/3/2022, 1:29 AM
@Kyos - ugh a thousand times this!
LSHF
LSHF - 12/30/2021, 4:45 PM
She was Ryan's daughter in The Nice Guys.
Stinkor1
Stinkor1 - 12/30/2021, 6:22 PM
My wife made me Angourie Rice for dinner last night. It was kinda bland.
Biggittyb76
Biggittyb76 - 12/30/2021, 7:17 PM
Go look her up in Mare of Easttown and she’s a PERFECT Spider-Gwen. Just saying. After I watched that, I was very sad she wasn’t cast as Gwen. Lost opportunity
McMurdo
McMurdo - 1/2/2022, 9:32 AM
"[The] pandemic disrupted a lot of things and has affected everything in the world.”








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