Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) (2024)

Gwendolyn "Gwen" Stacy was the classmate and deceased girlfriend of Peter Parker and the daughter of chief police officer, George Stacy. She is also the deuteragonist of The Amazing Spider-Man films. Gwen was also a senior research officer at Oscorp industries.

Her character was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1965. Her character was portrayed by Emma Stone in the 2012 film The Amazing Spider-Man and inits sequel.

History[]

The Amazing Spider-Man[]

Gwen Stacy is a resident of New York where her father, George Stacy, is a captain in the NYPD. She works at Oscorp as a laboratory assistant to Dr. Curt Connors' where Peter Parker gets bitten by the spider that mutates him.

She subsequently develops a romantic interest in him and he soon reveals to her that he's in fact Spider-Man. She also plays a crucial part in The Lizard's defeat; having helped Peter develop an antidote for Connor's serum for turning people into reptilian hybrids using her own scientific knowledge.

Unfortunately, her father was killed by The Lizard before Peter can defeat the villain. George made the superhero promise to keep Gwen out of his dangerous life.

Peter honours that vow without immediately telling Gwen which offends her until she realizes what her father did and forgave Peter. However, when Peter later hints that he's reconsidering keeping that vow, she quietly smiles at this development.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2[]

WhileSpider-Manis in pursuit of criminals through the city, Gwen Stacy calls Peter on the phone who tells him that he's late.

Gwen then makes a speech to her fellow class-mates and their families. Afterwards, Peter meets Gwen at their high school graduation ceremony where the two share a kiss.

Gwen and Peter talk where she invites him to dinner before she was called byher motherfor a family photo. Later in the evening, Peter tells Gwen about the visions he's been having and insists that he needs to keep his promise which as a result, Gwen breaks up with Peter.

Gwen is seen then working at Oscorp and meetsMax Dillionin an elevator which she finds out is his birthday and is obsessed withSpider-Man.

Peter later meets Gwen in attempt to maintain a friendship which they establish some 'ground rules'. Gwen tells Peter that an opportunity to Oxford means she has to move to England. Before the two can discuss it, Max accidentally shuts off the power to Times Square whilst looking for electricity to power himself.

As Electroreveals himself as Max, Gwen recognizes him and later tries to find his file atOscorp, but the file has been erased. Gwen is then chased by security for trying to find his file and runs into Peter who says he was withHarry.

As Gwen goes to the elevator, Peter distracts the security guards and Gwen meets Harry who tells her that Peter is always complicated, but that is why he needs her.

Peter then receives a voicemail message from Gwen, telling him that she got into Oxford University and was heading to the airport to fly there earlier than expected because of an earlier class. Peter manages to catch her and professes his love for her and the two agree to go to England together.

They are interrupted by a blackout caused by Electro. Peter takes Gwen down where the police are and Gwen helps him with his web-shooters to go against Electro. Peter heads off to fight with Electro having the upper-hand. As Electro has Spider-Man in the air and is electrocuting him, Gwen comes in a police car and hits Electro, against Peter's demands. The two plan to defeat Electro by overloading his electricity supply.

Just after they do so, Harry Osborn arrives, now as theGreen Goblin, figures out Spider-Man’s identity and that he wants revenge for being refused the life saving blood transfusion. Goblin takes Gwen and drops her where Spider-Man catches her.

The two fight at the top of a clock tower, and Spider-Man manages to subdue the Goblin. However, during the fight, Gwen falls and is supported by a web connected to one of the gears.

The gears turns which caused to cut the web, and Gwen again falls. Goblin is then defeated and Peter tries to save Gwen by diving after her and using his web. Before Gwen hits the ground, Peter's web reaches her and stops the fall.

Unfortunately, the web stretches which caused Gwen to hit her head on the floor which it causes her to die instantly.

Five months pass and Spider-Man is nowhere to be seen in New York, Peter spends every day at Gwen's grave. Peter was inspired by a recording of Gwen's graduation speech and makes his return as Spider-Man to fightRhinoto keep her memory and beliefs including her love for him, alive.

Spider-Man: No Way Home[]

When Peter was transported to another universe, he shared his grief over the loss of Gwen with that universe's native Peter Parker who had also lost someone close to him. He mentioned how he'd never be able to forgive himself over letting her die, and how he went a dark path after her death, leading him to do unspeakable actions.

When Doctor Strange's mystical cube was blown up by an alternate Green Goblin's pumpkin bomb, the variant Peter Parker's love interest Michelle Jones fell off a scaffolding. The variant Peter jumped to rescue her from the fall, but was knocked away by Goblin's glider. Instead, Gwen's Peter saved her from the fall, as he wouldn't let another version of himself go through the same pain he did when Gwen died. After catching Michelle, Peter became visibly emotional over the similarities between what had happened and Gwen's death.

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Trivia[]

• Although dying in the actual film, in the non-canon video game Gwen isn't killed by Green Goblin, or is present during Peter's confrontation with him therefore is still alive in that continuity.
• Ashley Greene, Mia Wasikowska, Scout Taylor-Compton, Teresa Palmer, Amber Heard, Dianna Agron, Brooklyn Decker, Imogen Poots, Lindsay Lohan, Emma Roberts, Emily Browning, Lily Collins, Anna Kendrick, Ophelia Lovibond, Sara Paxton, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Georgina Haig, Hilary Duff and Dominique McElligott were considered for the role of Gwen Stacy, but were beaten out by Emma Stone. It is interesting to note that one of the other names--Mary Elizabeth Winstead--had played Gwen Grayson (named for Gwen Stacy) in the superhero spoof Sky High (2005).
• Gwen Stacy had blue eyes in the comics but in this movie, she appears with green eyes

See Also[]

• Gwen Stacy (Bryce Dallas Howard)