Yuri Lowenthal wants to keep playing Spider-Man forever

Yuri Lowenthal wants to keep playing Spider-Man forever. 

“I’ll do it to my dying breath if they’ll let me … I love working with [Insomniac] so much … playing Spider-Man [is] the best … I also understand if at some point they’re like … ‘We’re going to have to switch gears.’ And I’d be like, ‘You know what? I had a good run.’ Not everyone can say that they do what I get to do. Even if it ended today I’d be like, ‘I did that”

Yuri Lowenthal says his favorite #SpiderMan mod was the #TMNT one 

“I would give you $60 to play the TMNT version”

Speaking on ComicBook.com’s Phase Zero podcast, Lowenthal opened up about his desire to keep playing Spider-Man/Peter Parker for as long as those at Insomniac and PlayStation will let him. Lowenthal expressed that he’s still surprised that he ever had the chance to portray Spider-Man to begin with. And even though he’d love to keep voicing Peter Parker moving forward, he also feels content with what he’s been able to do so far. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 hasn’t released just yet, but actor Yuri Lowenthal already has aspirations to continue playing the titular character for the long haul. In all likelihood, Spider-Man is going to be a franchise that PlayStation wants to have stick around for years to come. Given how well the original Marvel’s Spider-Man sold, it’s all but certain that Spider-Man 2 will also end up shipping a vast number of copies. With prospects of Marvel’s Spider-Man 3 seeming quite high, Lowenthal has made it known that he wants to appear in that potential sequel once again. 

When asked about all the controversy, Lowenthal told ComicBook: “The performance was the same for me. I got over it as soon as they said: ‘Hey, we wanna make this change so that the facial animation is better.’

“I said: ‘I’m all in!’ I don’t care if he looks like a goblin, if my performance is better, then I’m in. I’m kind of tired of talking about it to be honest, because I think everything that needs to be said has been said. Some people will take longer to get over it, some people will never get over it.

“The one positive thing I take away from this experience is that people connected emotionally so hard and so deeply in the first game that they’re mad when they feel that person changes. I can only be so mad about that because it worked, not the change thing, but you connected with the character which is great. Now, get over it!”

Insomniac has aged Peter’s face up for the sequel, so perhaps there will be less discourse about it online when it comes out. We’ll have to wait and see.