![]() ![]() Interestingly, Carpenter played a significant role in Marvel's Secret Wars event from the comics.ĭuring that storyline, she met Spider-Man and the Avengers for the first time, serving as an ally to them in their time of need. In Marvel Comics, Julia Carpenter helped Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the West Coast Avengers many times, with her even briefly serving as a member of the latter group. I could not have made them happier choosing to do that project. I think I’ve seen 'The Avengers' probably 20, 30-plus times. “Superheroes have been my entire life! Those are all my parents ever wanted to go see. In May 2023, Sweeney told Total Film, via Gamesradar+, that she is a big fan of the MCU, noting that she had already seen The Avengers "probably 20, 30-plus times:" In an interview with Variety, Sydney Sweeney confirmed that she'd like her version of Julia Carpenter aka Spider-Woman to join the MCU by responding with a "coy yes before taking a long sip of tea."Īs for a potential stand-alone Spider-Woman movie down the line, Variety noted in the interview that Sweeney reacted with "a shrug" while the actress "smiles knowingly." Sydney Sweeney Reveals MCU Debut Hopes HBO Sweeney has been hard at work in preparing for the role, with the actress even confirming that she already ordered and read a bunch of comic books about her Marvel character. The rising star has emerged as one of the fan favorites to join the Marvel universe as she is set to portray Julia Carpenter in Madame Web for Sony Pictures. For tickets, visit Web actress Sydney Sweeney expressed her desire about joining the expansive Marvel Cinematic Universe as one specific superhero. “Julia Sweeney: Older and Wider” performs through May 30 at Second City’s e.t.c. It’s like getting to work on a machine, and tinker and tinker…and the audience’s laughs are your results. think of jokes, and I didn’t think I could do that. I love this process so much. I literally doing nothing but thinking about my show and wanting another chance to tell my stories and jokes, desperate for another chance to see if I can make it work better or see if it needs to be scrapped. It’s like turning on a separate faucet in your mind and seeing what comes out. It’s hard not to let it take over your life. Prior to this run, you workshopped the show for nine weeks in Chicago. So, yes, it’s very important to me. And the humor, well, it’s the sugar that keeps people listening. For me it’s essential. When I was young I didn’t think about the grand meaning of it, or understand the architecture of it, much less the psychology of it. But as I got older, I got curious about this aspect of myself and of everyone else. Storytelling is the way the mind knows itself, and that means every human being is a storyteller. Why is it important, and how does humor help deliver the message? Storytelling is at the heart of your art. It got to be creepy to me how some people were so uncomfortable not knowing Pat’s gender…I think we’ll have truly evolved as a society when Pat is no longer funny. But then people liked the questioning almost too much. So I threw a joke in about Pat’s gender being hard to nail down and it got such a laugh, it really took off. Yes! To my surprise I got many letters from people who are intersex…You know, the androgynous aspect Pat was an afterthought. I was actually trying to play a male character and didn’t pull it off quite convincingly. Have fans shared their stories with you throughout the years? ![]() Pat, the iconic androgynous character you inhabited on SNL during the 1990s, spotlighted gender ambiguity in a time when it seemed taboo. But to almost anyone else, it’s practically the same thing I was doing before. I always hung out with stand-ups, and performed at alternative comedy clubs with them, but never actually considered myself a stand-up…I see it as a challenge to shape the things I want to say into short bits that are funny. So for me, it’s a very different area of comedy. Julia Sweeney: Ha! I love that you say it that way. ![]()
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