<Li> Zendaya as Michelle `` MJ '' Jones : One of Parker 's classmates , Zendaya called her awkward but intellectual , `` she just feels like she does n't need to talk to people '' . She added that it was `` refreshing '' that Michelle was weird and different , feeling that `` a lot of young people -- especially young women -- can relate to that '' . Watts likened the character to Ally Sheedy 's Allison Reynolds from The Breakfast Club ( 1985 ) or Linda Cardellini 's Lindsay Weir from Freaks and Geeks ( 1999 -- 2000 ) . The character is not an adaptation of Mary Jane Watson , but was given the initials `` MJ '' to `` remind you of that dynamic '' , with the writers `` plant ( ing ) the seeds in this movie '' for comparisons to Watson , but also making her `` wholly different '' . Feige added that Michelle is `` not obsessed with '' Parker like Watson is at times in the comics , `` she 's just observant '' . </Li>
<Li> Zendaya as Michelle `` MJ '' Jones : One of Parker 's classmates , Zendaya called her awkward but intellectual , `` she just feels like she does n't need to talk to people '' . She added that it was `` refreshing '' that Michelle was weird and different , feeling that `` a lot of young people -- especially young women -- can relate to that '' . Watts likened the character to Ally Sheedy 's Allison Reynolds from The Breakfast Club ( 1985 ) or Linda Cardellini 's Lindsay Weir from Freaks and Geeks ( 1999 -- 2000 ) . The character is not an adaptation of Mary Jane Watson , but was given the initials `` MJ '' to `` remind you of that dynamic '' , with the writers `` plant ( ing ) the seeds in this movie '' for comparisons to Watson , but also making her `` wholly different '' . Feige added that Michelle is `` not obsessed with '' Parker like Watson is at times in the comics , `` she 's just observant '' . </Li>
who plays the girl in spider man homecoming
who plays the girl in spider man homecoming
Zendaya
Zendaya