Jim Sturgess Fan

Evan Rachel Wood, who played Lucy in Across The Universe, has been confirmed as Mary Jane Watson on Spiderman’s adaptation to Broadway. On an interview with moviesonline, she mentioned that the team is still trying to convince Jim to play Peter Parker a.k.a. Spiderman. He needs to commit for a year though, which is probably a little bit tough. The show will begin on June 2009.

MoviesOnline: Have you gotten any of the music yet for Spider-Man?

EVAN RACHEL WOOD: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I had to do a read through of it for Marvel in person, kind of an audition. So yeah, I’ve heard all the music and it’s so good. It makes me cry.

MoviesOnline: Did you work with Bono and The Edge on the songs themselves?

EVAN RACHEL WOOD: Yeah. They were coming, going “We wrote this song. Sing it.” Jim Sturgess who played Jude in “Across the Universe” did the workshop with me. We’re still trying to convince him to play Spider-Man, but I got to read it with him and he’s such a huge, huge U2 fan. There was one time he was learning the song and Bono and The Edge were playing the other parts so they were basically being his back-up singers and I just remember taking him to the side and going “Bono and The Edge were just your back-up singers. Can you just enjoy this moment right now for me, please? It’s 4th of July. We’re never going to forget this.” You know, it was awesome. It was amazing.

MoviesOnline: When you signed on for Spider-Man, how long of a commitment did you have to give?

EVAN RACHEL WOOD: It’s going to be a year total. But I’ve always wanted to do it and I’m never going to get another opportunity like that – originating a role on Broadway with Julie again and with so many people that worked on “Across the Universe” and that was just the most fun. I mean, “Across the Universe” was 8 months so it’s not that much longer. I can’t wait.

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