Spider-Man 3 Casts Gwen Stacy
The Village's Bryce Dallas Howard to play the rival love interest.
Bryce Dallas Howard (The Village, daughter of director Ron Howard) has been cast as Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man 3, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Sam Raimi is directing the pic for Columbia Pictures.
"Gwen is pivotal in Spider-Man lore as Peter's high school crush, his first girlfriend and his first love. She ended up being kidnapped by the Green Goblin and died during a bridgetop battle in 'Amazing Spider-Man' issue 121," Hollywood Reporter said in an amazing display of Spidey-
knowledge for a mainstream newspaper.
Gwen Stacy will provide a love triangle subplot involving Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) and Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst).Thomas Haden Church plays Sandman and Topher Grace a yet-to-be-named villain, although rumor has it he'll be Venom.