'She's Not in This Movie': Tom Holland Insists Jean Grey Won't Appear in Spider-Man: Brand New Day — So Is He Lying, or Is Sadie Sink Really Playing Someone Else?

With conscionable a week to spell until the motorboat of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Tom Holland has stunned fans by stating that X-Men leader Jean Grey is "not successful this movie" — contempt months of rumors that this is who Sadie Sink is playing.

Brand New Day's buildup has been dominated by speculation implicit who Sink has been formed as, with an array of imaginable names initially successful the mix. But, implicit time, insider whispers and instrumentality treatment person coalesced astir Jean Grey — to the constituent that if it present is anyone but her, galore moviegoers would beryllium floored.

Still, thing is official. Which is wherefore it's adjacent much astonishing that Holland has present responded to a remark astir Jean Grey during a caller interview. Rather than diminution to accidental thing further, the Spider-Man prima alternatively took the accidental to bluntly contradict that the X-Men subordinate would appear.

"Jean Grey tin assistance her," stated Brazilian TikToker Natalia Kreuser, suggesting that the superhero's psychic powers could assistance retrieve MJ's mislaid memories of Peter Parker. "She's not successful this movie but it would beryllium beauteous cool," Holland responded.

Is Holland playing coy? There's seemingly nary mode to construe his remark arsenic thing different than a level denial of Jean Grey being successful the movie — which would, arsenic we've said, beryllium a large astonishment astatine this point.

Or, is Holland present employing the Andrew Garfield instrumentality of straight-up misdirecting fans? After months of being asked whether helium was successful Spider-Man: No Way Home, Garfield began flatly denying that — though, of course, helium was so present.

Last year, it was reported that Sink volition beryllium backmost successful 2027's climactic Multiverse Saga finale Avengers: Secret Wars, thing that seemingly sets her up for a acold bigger MCU role. Of course, Marvel is presently prepping its large X-Men reboot, which is being helmed by Thunderbolts/The New Avengers manager Jake Schreier. Introducing Jean Grey present would let Marvel to mildly present audiences to the thought of a caller procreation of X-Men, earlier fans get to accidental farewell to assorted bequest characters who are returning for Avengers: Doomsday.

Speaking connected The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Sink discussed the immense magnitude of secrecy implicit her relation and described not being capable to accidental who she's playing arsenic "torture." Subsequent trailers person kept Sink successful the shadows, though she has present begun giving interviews connected Spider-Man: Brand New Day's promotional tour, with alternatively amusingly tight-lipped results.

Beyond a selling maneuver to get fans speculating, manager Destin Daniel Cretton has insisted that fans volition yet admit being kept successful suspense, and stated that Marvel was keeping the individuality of Sadie Sink's quality a concealed until fans spot the movie for a "very existent reason" that helium believes fans won't "get huffy at."

Whatever the information is, there's thankfully present conscionable 1 week to spell until we yet find retired — arsenic Spider-Man: Brand New Day opens successful theaters connected July 31.

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