Dakota Johnson as Cassie Webb/Madame Web
Our hero needs explaining too, simply because the Cassandra of the movie looks very different to the one seen in the comics. First introduced in 1980, Cassandra Webb was born blind, but gifted with vast psychic powers, including telepathy and clairvoyancy. A minor character first introduced as a would-be medium who helps Spider-Man foil a series of assassination attempts, Madame Web’s precognition is eventually revealed as being sourced from the Web of Life and Destiny, the interdimensional, transportive construct that binds the multiverse’s spider-heroes together.
Cassandra’s time as Madame Web comes to an end during the events of Grim Hunt in 2010, where, during an attempt by the Kravinoff family to resurrect Kraven, she is killed by Kraven’s wife Sasha—but she transfers her powers and mantle to another familiar face in the last moments of her life… one we’re about to introduce.
