From Kirsten Dunst to Emma Stone to Zendaya, the Spider-Man movies have featured a rather terrific run of actresses playing the lead female role… but the casting process for those kinds of parts are always extensive, and it creates all kinds of “what if” scenarios. For example, what would have happened if Kate Hudson had played Mary Jane in the Sam Raimi-directed films? It easily could have happened… had the actress not made the call to turn the job down.
Hudson, who is currently promoting her new film Song Sung Blue, recently made an appearance on Watch What Happens Live, and she was asked directly by host Andy Cohen about her past connection to everyone’s favorite neighborhood superhero. A fan submitted a question asking if she had at one point turned down the role of Mary Jane, and in confirming the story, the actress explained why she doesn’t have any regrets about it. Said Hudson,
