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Mary Jane Watson
(Kirsten Dunst)In ''Spider-Man'' Peter's gorgeous but long-suffering classmate initially doesn't even realize he lives right next door. While dating Pete's friend Harry Osborn and unsuccessfully pursuing an acting career, she indulges in a hot inverted alleyway smooch with Spider-Man (as if you've forgotten). Though Mary Jane doesn't recognize him as her upside-down snogging partner, she slowly falls in love with Peter -- who in turn rejects her, fearing that his, um, part-time job would put her in danger.
In ''Spider-Man 2'' Not surprisingly, since she's, like, played by Kirsten Dunst, Mary Jane finds success as a model-actress. She's starring Off Broadway in ''The Importance of Being Earnest,'' and her likeness stares down at Peter from billboards all over town. M-J has also found a fiancé, hunky John Jameson, the son of Spider-Man-hating newspaper editor J. Jonah Jameson. But thoughts of Peter, and that sexy Spidey, still intrude.
In the comic books Mary Jane is a successful model who is -- gasp! -- married to Peter Parker. After a recent separation, they've reconciled. Quesada points out, meanwhile, that the movie Mary Jane is actually an amalgam of several of Peter's love interests from the comics. Girls named Betty Brant and Gwen Stacy, for example, preceded Mary Jane in Peter's web.
