Yuri Lowenthal portrays Peter Parker in the upcoming Marvel's Spider-Man 2, where we know a series of unfortunate events have apparently led to a bleak future for New York City. We've seen the actor portraying a very aggressive Venom-suited Spidey in that recent gameplay reveal, the actor has described the work that was done to portray the alien entity.
Speaking at Momocon 2023 (thanks TheDirect), Lowenthal said the team worked "really, really, hard" to find the right tone and direction for the portrayal of such an angry entity "because sometimes it just sounded comical" and had to be reworked.
Elaborating, Lowenthal explains: "We looked at addiction in people and what the behaviours of addiction are. That’s really what we went to for inspiration and to find the levels of it. It’s not always the same, you know, every time. So yeah, addiction would be my simple answer.”
While details remain scant about the exact implementation, the Spider-Man Symbiote arc is a well-worn territory in modern media. Expect emotional outbursts and collateral damage, and hope to see this classic 90s homage.
Are you looking forward to seeing Lowenthal's take on Spider-man's angriest iteration yet? Get into character in the comments section below.
[source thedirect.com]
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@MrRusty I'm curious about your comment, not fully sure I understand. Are you referencing someone like Heath Ledger? The study corrupted their mind? Not trying to sound offensive, but that one still stings me.
Shocker! Ill chase you to The ENDS OF THE EARTH
I don’t want to sound disrespectful, but I thought his voice acting in the gameplay footage was the worst part of that presentation. The angry voice sounded extremely forced, like he was someone that had never been angry in his life. Which, I guess, would be kind of a backhanded compliment.🤷♂️
Hopefully that wasn’t the final take that’s being used in the game, and that his performance is good overall. I never had an issue with his voice acting in the previous two games.
@Impossibilium I think it's meant to be the accurate portrayal of a nerd like Peter Parker trying to sound angry or "bad". I liked it. Has heavy Naruto Shippuden emo Sasuke vibes
Plus won't be for the whole game
My guess is at some point he will slap someone he cares about, and swing off moodily ,or THWAP someone
Biggest downgrade of spiderman 2 is his voice acting… all the research on addiction in the world didn’t prevent him from sounding like a 13yr old edge-lord. Seriously, after reading that you’d think you’d be getting ‘trainspotting’, rather than ‘Saturday morning cartoon’… we are definitely getting Saturday morning cartoon with spiderman 2
One of my favourite VO's. He was wonderful as The Prince in Sands of Time, perfect as Peter Parker/Spider-man, cocky and frustrating as Sasuke in Naruto and always elusively intriguing as Dainsleif in Genshin impact. I also recently found out one of his first ever roles was Alucard in the Dracula X version of Symphony of the Night. Legend!
Hoping he can nail a very difficult role in Spider-man 2. A slow descent into addiction, anger and madness.
"I'm not a drug addict, I don't smoke, I don't drink. I just need a little change to get the train home. Honest" - Peter Parker, Spiderman 2. Probably.
Joking aside, love the sound of this. Can't wait to see how Peter behaves. Maybe a Toby Maguire dance off segment haha
Yuri lowenthal did a good job.im watching the Spiderman 2 gameplay and i was like he sound really cool with that aggressive venom suit spiderman.word up son
This actually sounds really interesting. I have faith they can pull it off well, IMO the first Spider-Man game is my favourite Spider-Man story ever outside of Spiderverse
@Impossibilium I thought he sounded like he needed a poo, but nothing doing 😂
Symbiote Peter arrested for catalytic converter theft and robbing ten pounds of copper wiring out of a house.
@3Above Big bonus points to Insomniac if they manage to include that line!
@themightyant He was also Ben Tennyson in Ben 10, Suzaku Kururugi in Code Geass, Haru Glory in Rave Master, and Superboy in Legion of Super Heroes (2006 series).
Definitely one of my most fave voice actors, hopefully I'll get to meet him at least once.
@KidRyan I mean... they HAVE TO. Its gotta be a trophy too 😅
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