[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse]
Despite the surprising cameo ofDonald Gloveras a live-action Prowler inSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the actor’s appearance is not foreshadowing any future project. AfterCollider and IMAX’s screening ofAcross the Spider-Verse,Steven Weintraubhosted a Q&A withJoaquim Dos Santosin which the co-director underlined how Glover’s inclusion is still proof of the star’s importance to the Spider-Verse.
InSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Miles Morales (voiced byShameik Moore) gets again entangled with the Multiverse, visiting alternate dimensions and meeting Variants of the Webslinger and his rogue gallery. During a critical scene in the Spider Society’s headquarters, Miles even crosses paths with a live-action version of Prowler, who was caught in a different dimension than his own. The live-action Prowler is played by Glover, who previouslycameoed as the villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’sSpider-Man: Homecoming.
InHomecoming, Glover appeared as Aaron Davis, a low-grade criminal who still hasn’t become the Prowler. So, of course, with the news that Sony is currently developing alive-action Spider-Man movie featuring Miles Morales, fans wondered if Glover’s appearance in the Prowler suit was some sort of tease about his future with Marvel. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case. As Dos Santos said, “I can only speak to what happened in the film, and it is a hugely fun piece, right? If I’m being honest, that news that Amy dropped was news to me. I was like, ‘What is going on?!’”
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While Dos Santos is unaware of plans to bring Glover back in a future movie, the filmmaker recognizes the star’s importance to the Spider-Verse. After all, besides showing up as the Prowler inSpider-Man: Homecoming, Glover has also voiced Miles Morales in Disney XD’sUltimate Spider-Mananimated series. As Dos Santos puts it, “So yeah, I mean, look, I think, weirdly enough, Donald Glover is like the glue that holds the Multiverse together at this point. If you look at even the first Spider-Verse film, he’s on TV wearing the Spider-Man costume, so he is sort of a thread at this point. It’s really fun.
What’sSpider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseAbout?
InSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Miles joins forces with Gwen Stacy (voiced byHailee Steinfeld) to stopThe Spot(voiced byJason Schwartzman), a villain threatening the whole Multiverse. Along the way, Miles meets dozens of different Spider-People, includingOscar Isaac’sMiguel O’Hara, aka Spider-Man 2099,Issa Rae’sJessica Drew, aka Spider-Woman, andKaran Soni’sIndian Spider-Man, Pavitr Prabhakar.The movie has been getting rave reviews, so Sony will probably keep expanding the Spider-Verse in the future, hopefully with Glover.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verseis currently available in theaters. Check out our conversation with Hailee Steinfeld & Shameik Moore below.
