MUMBAI: Hollywood starlet Zooey Deschanel will essay the role of secretary Betty Brant in the forthcoming Spider-Man film.

The actress-and-singer is being pursued by director Marc Webber to play the role of Brant in the Spider Man 4 starring Andrew Garfield as he believes that she "fits the bill" of the secretary to the core.

The role of Brant was previously played by Elizabeth Banks, who starred in the first three Spider-Man films.

The forthcoming film has big names including Sally Field, Rhys Ifans and Emma Stone attached to it.

The thirty-year old Deschanel made her acting debut in 1998 TV series Veronica‘s Closet, and has since acted in a number of successful films like Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy and 500 Days of Summer.