 Stone declined a role in the action comedy film 21 Jump Street after signing on to The Amazing Spider @-@ Man ‍ — ‌ her sole release in 2012 . The Marc Webb @-@ directed superhero film was a reboot of the eponymous film series ; she portrayed Gwen Stacy , Peter Parker 's ( played by Andrew Garfield ) love interest . She went back to blond from her previous red hair color for the role . In an interview with the The Vancouver Sun newspaper , Stone stated that she felt a responsibility to educate herself about Spider @-@ Man and admitted that she had not read the comic book . She said : " my experience was with the Sam Raimi movies ... I always assumed that Mary Jane was his first love , " concluding that she was only familiar with Stacy 's character from her The Help co @-@ star Bryce Dallas Howard 's portrayal in Spider @-@ Man 3 . The Amazing Spider @-@ Man was a commercial success and was the seventh highest @-@ grossing film of 2012 with global revenues of US $ 757 @.@ 9 million . Entertainment Weekly 's Lisa Schwarzbaum found Stone " irresistible " , and Ian Freer of Empire magazine was particularly impressed with Stone 's and Garfield 's " great " and " strong " performances . At the annual People 's Choice Awards ceremony , she was nominated for three awards , including Favorite Movie Actress . Later that year , Stone voiced a role in the crime @-@ based video game , Sleeping Dogs , which earned her a Spike Video Game Award for Best Performance by a Human Female nomination . 
