From the Upside Down to the MCU: “Stranger Things” Star Sadie Sink Joining Tom Holland in “Spider-Man 4”
It’s official—Spider-Man 4 is in full swing.
In a big bit of casting news, Stranger Things star Sadie Sink is joining Tom Holland in the fourth installment of Holland’s run as Peter Parker. Deadline reports that while Sink’s role is not yet known to the public, they’ve gone ahead and posited an intriguing possibility—that she will play legendary X-Men mutant Jean Grey. This would make sense given the fact that the X-Men are now officially a part of the MCU, with Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine having made a grand entrance in Deadpool & Wolverine. The last time we’ve seen Grey onscreen, she was portrayed by Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner. Before that, in Jackman’s era in the X-Men, she was played by Famke Janssen.
Sink has made a big impact in Stranger Things, where she’s played Max Mayfield since season 2 and will be a big part of the series’ final fifth season. Given that Deadline reports her role is a big one, it’s likely this is just the beginning for Sink in the MCU.
The plot details for Spider-Man 4 are, of course, unknown for now. In the previous film, Spider-Man: No Way Home, a trifecta of Peter Parkers—Holland’s version, Andrew Garfield’s version, and Tobey Maguire’s version—all appeared together in a multiverse spanning epic that required Holland’s Spider-Man to essentially reset the memories of everyone he loves, including Zendaya’s MJ, so he could restore order to his universe and keep his identity hidden. It was a bittersweet ending; Peter saved the day, but essentially lost everyone he loved.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton is taking over for Jon Watts to helm the fourthquel, which is due in theaters on July 31, 2026.
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Featured image: STRANGER THINGS. (L to R) Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson, Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield and Joe Keery as Steve Harrington in STRANGER THINGS. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022
