When Challengers hit theaters on Friday, a bizarre prophecy was fulfilled: the female lead of a Spider-Man movie went on to pick up a tennis racket. This trend (divine calling?) started with the original Mary Jane, Kirsten Dunst, who followed up Spider-Man 2 with the rom-com Wimbledon (it’s set at Wimbledon) in 2004. Then, after playing Gwen Stacy in two Amazing Spider-Man movies, Emma Stone starred as the legendary Billie Jean King in the 2017 biopic Battle of the Sexes. Now, Zendaya has completed the trifecta: After appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man films as MJ, she’s moved on to Challengers.
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