Evan Rachel Wood has dropped out of the Broadway adaptation of Spider-Man.
The True Blood actress will no longer play Spider-Man’s love interest, Mary Jane Watson, when Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark opens on the Great White Way later this year.
“Evan Rachel Wood has departed Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark due to a scheduling conflict,” producers told Variety this week.
Casting is under way to find a new Mary Jane to join the rest of the cast in the production. Woods’ departure is just the latest in a string of problems that have dogged Peter Park’s trek to Broadway. The musical was originally scheduled to open in February, but financial restraints for the extravagant production forced producers to reimburse ticket-holders.
Spider-Man: The Musical will reportedly open for previews in late summer, with official opening expected next fall.