There's a lot of debate going on online over the fact that they're casting a black girl to play MJ and I understand both sides tbh. While I feel like I logically shouldn't care that Zendaya has the role, emotionally I do feel as though she should be played by a white girl and she should have her iconic red hair.
The weird thing is that I wouldn't mind if Spiderman or most of the other characters were cast as black, but for some reason I just really need her to be white. Another part of it is that I just don't like Zendaya as a person and I feel like she hasn't paid her dues enough as a talented actress to get this part. But we'll see how she does, maybe I'll be proven wrong.