Cassandra Webb’s future-seeing spider-sense is tingling! And, in less than three weeks, Sony’s latest addition to their live-action Spider-Verse swings into theaters. The highly anticipatedMadame Webstars Dakota Johnson in the lead role, but the actress admits she wasn’t 100% sure she’d pulled off the part of the “Creepy Clairvoyant.” Johnson said in an exclusive interview withEntertainment Weekly:
“I’ve never really done a movie where you are on a blue screen, and there’s fake explosions going off, and someone’s going, ‘Explosion!’ And you act like there’s an explosion. That to me was absolutely psychotic. I was like, ‘I don’t know if this is going to be good at all! I hope that I did an okay job!’ But I trusted her [director S.J. Clarkson]. She works so hard, and she has not taken her eyes off this movie since we started.”
Johnson is arguably best known for portraying Anastasia Steele in theFifty Shades of Greyfilm trilogy, but the actress’ seemingly unlimited capacity to play any part written for her makes Johnson perfectly suited to bringing this big-screen adaptation of Marvel Comics’ Cassandra Webb to life.
Madame Web’s Opening-Weekend Forecast Currently Trails Morbius’ Record-Low $39 Million
Madame Web isn’t showing particularly strong in its long-range box office forecast, even trailing Morbius' $39-million opening weekend.
Sydney Sweeney Plays Spider-Woman
Like co-star Dakota Johnson, actressSydney Sweeneyis making her debut in Sony’s live-action Spider-Verse whenMadame Webdrops in theaters this February.Sweeney is portraying the role of Julia Cornwall— she’ll eventually marry and become Julia Carpenter, at least she does in the source material — who first appears in the pages of Marvel Comics’Secret Wars(1984). And Sweeney revealed the first thing she did when the actress landed the role of Julia. Sweeney said in an interview withVariety:
I was freaking out, of course. I went straight to the comic store, and I bought every comic that mentioned my character.
Sweeney added:
I think it’s different from what people expect a superhero movie to be. Quote that! That’s a quote, because the tabloids will pick up everything else we talk about.
In the comic books, Julia Cornwall/Carpenter is one of the Spider-Verse’s superheroes, and glimpses of Sweeney’s costumed persona do show up in theMadame Webtrailer. Fans of the comic books already know Julia will become Spider-Woman, but it’ll be interesting to see just how much of Cassandra Webb and Julia Carpenter’s superpowers are shown off in their first big-screen adventure — to say nothing ofIsabela Merced’s Anya Corazon (Spider-Girl)or Celeste O’Connor’s own version of Spider-Woman, aka Mattie Franklin.
Madame Webopens exclusively in theaters on Valentine’s Day.
And fans can check outthe official trailer forMadame Webright now. Plus, be sure and watch Sydney Sweeney’s recent appearance onHot Ones, as she shares stories about her career and her first Spider-Verse appearance below:
