Yuri Lowenthal, the star behind Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, had an unanticipated choice for his preferred spidey-centric bad guy.
“Man, that’s a hard one,” Lowenthal claimed in an interview with Gamesradar. “It’s hard with all the things that we’ve built to not love the relationship Spider-Man, Peter Parker, has with Otto Octavius, Doctor Octopus.” He’s naturally describing the mentor-mentee partnership that was main to Insomniac’s initial superhero trip, however the star had one more shocking baddie in mind.
“One of the villains I’ve always loved, and that I pushed for in the games early on, is Spot,” he proceeded. “I was like, ‘Can we get Spot in this game [the sequel]?’ And then of course, he ends up showing up in the movie [Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse], so I kind of get the best of both worlds.”
Lowenthal formerly mused that Spider-Man’s rogues gallery was second only to Batman’s, and he remained to insist that “they’re some of the most memorable bad people out there.” But upon representation, Lowenthal had a 2nd, a lot more unanticipated, choice. “I say it now as tongue-in-cheek because I feel kind of like an asshole even saying this, but Peter’s greatest villain is… himself,” the star claimed. “It’s that guilt, his lack of confidence, and he beats himself up much more than any villain would ever do.”
When it comes to his own sequel’s big bad and arguably Spidey’s most recognizable villain ever, Lowenthal admitted he didn’t have much history with Venom: “I mean, everybody, everybody, loves Venom. It’s funny because I didn’t grow up reading Spider-Man comics at the time when Venom was big. So I know Venom is huge for a lot of people, but maybe less so for me because I imprinted on Spider-Man way before Venom was around.”
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Source: gamesradar.com
