According to a report on AICN, Sam Raimi is intent on bringing Gwen Stacy into the storyline. Apparently they've signed Bryce Dallas Howard (Ron Howard's daughter) to play the part. Good casting choice, in my opinion. She can easily go blonde, and she's got the acting chops to pull off any role she's signed to play. I say that having only seen her in one film: Manderlay. Caught it back in October or November or so, and throughout the film I kept wondering who the lovely and talented young lead actress was.
Anyway, so there's that..
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