Apart from Tom Holland and Zendaya, Stranger Issues star Sadie Sink is the one actor to have formally joined the forged of Spider-Man 4. As a end result, hypothesis about her function within the film continues to run rampant, particularly as she was initially rumoured to be in line for Marvel Studios’ X-Males reboot as Jean Gray.
A number of scoopers have since dismissed the concept of Sink enjoying Marvel Lady in Spider-Man 4, although Mary Jane Watson’s identify has been thrown round alongside characters like Mayday Parker and Firestar.
Now, it appears Felicia Hardy, a.ok.a. Black Cat, is one other possible contender. Many followers have advised Sink play the character because it is sensible on just a few completely different ranges. Not solely is Black Cat’s live-action debut lengthy overdue, however she’s a super love curiosity for a Spider-Man who has just about given up being Peter Parker.
There’s additionally the small matter of Sink arguably trying like a great match for the wily anti-hero; whereas a lot of you’ll know her finest for Netflix’s Stranger Issues, initiatives like The Whale and O’Dessa have proved she’s a massively succesful actor exterior of the hit sequence.
Regardless, Black Cat is the most recent identify to be thrown round on-line by social media scoopers. Whereas this intel is coming from those that are inclined to have extra of a “fortunate guess” monitor file, we have executed some digging and not less than one supply instructed us Sony has lastly agreed to let Marvel Studios use the character after beforehand having her reserved for Silver & Black and, when that fell aside, a solo mission.
Madame Net and Kraven the Hunter had been a blow to the studio final 12 months and now its slate of non-Spider-Man-led Marvel films has been placed on ice, many characters beforehand regarded as off-limits to the MCU may come again into play.
For now, we might advise taking this with a pinch of salt. Nonetheless, a leaked Spider-Man 4 casting name – which we’ll be sharing in its entirety with you later at the moment – has been doing the rounds on social media and describes Sink’s thriller character as, “a pointy and free-spirited girl who’s strong-willed, clever, and never simply intimidated, and also will have a mysterious previous.”
That sounds an terrible lot like Black Cat to us and we now simply must hope that Marvel Studios does proper by a personality who was first lined up for a giant display look way back to Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 4.
The Superb Spider-Man 2 later launched Rogue One: A Star Wars Story‘s Felicity Jones as Oscorp worker Felicia, just for that tease to go nowhere when the franchise was scrapped.
Spider-Man 4 has been formally dated for July 31, 2026, with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton helming a script penned by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers.
