Spider-Man: Brand New Day Set Photos Reveal Stranger Things Star Sadie Sink, Sparking Fresh Speculation Around Who She's Playing

Sadie Sink has been spotted filming her archetypal scenes successful Spider-Man: Brand New Day, giving fans caller clues to place the enigma quality that the Stranger Things prima is playing.

An archetypal look astatine the actress, seen connected acceptable successful London lasting adjacent to manager Destin Daniel Cretton, shows her mostly covered by a ample coat. Still, fans were speedy to spot her camouflage pants and combat boots — pointing to 1 evident quality suggestion.

Coupled with the information that Frank Castle volition co-star successful Brand New Day, immoderate fans person suggested Sink is playing Rachel Cole-Alves, a redheaded comic publication accomplice of The Punisher who has besides worked to assistance Spider-Man.

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However, further acceptable photos amusement Sink dressed otherwise — successful a achromatic and yellowish overgarment and bluish jeans — leaving different fans unsure of the Cole-Alves connection. Indeed, the lone existent hint fans tin present beryllium definite of is that Sink is staying a redhead for the relation — thing galore accidental has yet squashed speculation she's portraying a caller mentation of Gwen Stacy.

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Of course, the astir celebrated quality with reddish hairsbreadth successful the Spider-Man beingness is Mary-Jane Watson, Peter Parker's emotion involvement (and aboriginal wife). But with Zendaya playing MJ, fans person been near speculating that Sink could beryllium playing an alternate beingness mentation of the quality — oregon that her reddish hairsbreadth is simply a deliberate misdirect.

Fans person suggested respective different Marvel redheads arsenic alternate possibilities, including little Spidey state Firestar, a caller mentation of X-Men prima Jean Grey, oregon Carlie Cooper — who acts arsenic Spider-Man's emotion involvement successful the Brand New Day comic, acceptable aft Spider-Man's marraige to Mary Jane Watson has been erased and his individuality has been forgotten by the world.

Marvel appears to beryllium deliberately keeping Sink's quality nether wraps to promote speculation, and volition beryllium good alert of her similarities to the comics' Mary-Jane, Carlie Cooper, and more. One other, absorbing proposition is that Sink is really playing shapeshifter Shastra — and her assorted guises whitethorn each beryllium portion of the plot.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day filming has present resumed aft prima Tom Holland’s caput wounded unopen down shooting for a week. Various acceptable leaks person emerged since accumulation began, including photos showing Jacob Batalon, who volition instrumentality arsenic sidekick Ned Leeds, and Zendaya, who is backmost arsenic MJ. Set videos person besides teased a instrumentality to applicable web-swinging aft relying connected CGI for past MCU movies.

Holland precocious took a interruption from filming Spider-Man for an interrogation with IGN successful which helium discussed a caller LEGO abbreviated movie helium starred in. As for Sadie Sink, here's hoping Marvel reveals who she's playing earlier Spider-Man: Brand New Day's merchandise connected July 31, 2026.

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