Spider-Man: Homecoming - 15 Rumours That Were Total BS

5. Angourie Rice Is Playing Gwen Stacy

The Nice Guys Angourie Rice
Warner Bros. Pictures

The Rumour: The terrific young actress Angourie Rice, who turned so many heads with her whip-smart performance in The Nice Guys last year, is in fact playing Peter's classmate and eventual love interest Gwen Stacy.

The Truth: Now, this was an amusing idea, especially as Rice is a great actress and, at 15 years of age during shooting, was totally age-appropriate for the role (compared to Emma Stone, who was 23 while shooting The Amazing Spider-Man).

In the end, though, Rice was actually playing a young version of Jonah Jameson's secretary at the Daily Bugle, Betty Brant (as played by Elizabeth Banks in the three Sam Raimi movies).

She's only got a small role in the movie, but it's good for one hilarious gag on a TV screen, a gag so funny in fact that it pretty much justifies her otherwise forgettable inclusion in the film.

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