Yuri Lowenthal Reflects on Portraying Multiple Spider-Men
Actor Yuri Lowenthal is known for many characters, particularly the titular role of Spider-Man in Insomniac Games’ series. But he’s actually played the character a few different times and recently spoke to ComingSoon about what it was like to play Spideys in multiple games.
The games in question include the aforementioned Insomniac series,, and, most recently,. Lowenthal noted that he was “honored” to get these chances and how the different teams have their own visions for the character.
“I just feel honored that I have gotten more than one shot in a couple of cases,” he said. “One of the things I love the most is working in a group with other people. With each iteration that I jump on, it’s a different team of people telling a different story. And so, inevitably, the character will be different. Even if I jump in with the same things that I did on the last one, it’ll shift. It’s a different story. It’s a different bunch of writers, and they end up crafting and they end up changing.”
He continued, explaining that he doesn’t necessarily go into it with something in mind that he wants to change, as that happens naturally when working with a new set of creatives.
“So more than heading into it with, ‘Oh, this is something I want to try differently,’ I love to see what they’re coming to the table with and see how that changes it naturally. It definitely helps ease some of my fear of, ‘Oh, what am I going to do different this time? How do I separate this from the last one?’ In the end, I rarely have to, because it’s not just me. It’s me and a bunch of other people creating that character. Then, of course, it’s fun to go, ‘Oh, look how he changed.’ So it’s been great.”
He’s even been multiple Spider-Men in the same game, as
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