Just an hour ago, we learned that Martin Sheen will be the man to play one of the most influential people in Spider-Man's life - Uncle Ben Parker. But while Ben makes an impact on his young nephew both by dying and teaching him that with great power comes great responsibility, one could argue that Peter's Aunt May plays an even bigger role. She's his mother figure and he only acts after weighing how his actions will affect her life. Now Sony may have found that piece of the puzzle as well.
THR reports that Sally Field is now in talks to play Peter Parker's Aunt and caregiver in Sony's Spider-Man reboot. May is, of course, Ben's wife and considering she is only four years younger than Sheen and has experience playing loving, mother figures (like in Forrest Gump), this casting is, again, a slam dunk. The film also stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Rhys Ifans and is directed by Marc Webb.
I'm still waiting for Sony to screw up something in the casting, but it has yet to happen. Every actor chosen thus far has been great and I personally can't wait to see what they can do with the roles. If I have to make one complaint, it would be that I've never seen Field play a weak or a frail character, which May typically is, and she is significantly younger than her Sam Raimi counterpart, Rosemary Harris (we're talking 21 years here). Regardless, I'm sure they have Sony and Webb have something up their sleeve that can explain it, and even if it's just immense acting talent, that's more than fine.
