(Editor’s Note: The following contains spoiler for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is such an incredible achievement in animation that about halfway through, you start to think the movie has outdone itself, that it couldn’t have found a new way to mess with reality — and then Donald Glover shows a Complete reality show up.
like the second epic work spider verse There is a great deal of thought and meaning in the brief appearances of the actor/musician/iconoclast in the film. Below, we break down not just what it means for this film, but the entire chaotic Extended Universe of Marvel movies we consume now, a complex, tangled web of continuities and canons into which we’re all caught… And be grateful for it, because it was so much fun.
where donald glover appeared spiderman: Traveling Through the Spider-Man Universe?
Glover’s cameo comes when Miles Morales shows up around the headquarters of The Elite, the cosmic jumping spider guild.During the tour, Miles was shown a gallery of captured “anomalies,” villains, and other characters who escaped their original reality through a hole in the multiverse created by the destruction of the supercollider enter the spider verse.
But wait, is Donald Glover playing himself?
While we won’t put it after this movie, the answer is no — rather, Atlanta The creators are reprising his role as an alternate version of the Prowler, aka Aaron Davis.
what do you mean, repeat? When did Donald Glover play Prowler before this?
Glover first appeared as the Prowler in 2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming – Well, well, he looks like a shady dude named Aaron. He’s first seen trying to buy a weapon from two lackeys (Logan Marshall Green and Bokeem Woodbine) who work for Vulture (Michael Keaton). Aaron seems particularly interested in some “anti-gravity climbers,” a hint at Prowler technology, before Spider-Man (this time it’s Tom Holland) breaks the deal.
Later, Spider-Man attempts to interrogate Aaron in the parking lot for information on Vulture’s whereabouts. glover’s performance in the film It’s brief, but he does mention having a nephew nearby – explicitly mentioning young Miles. In fact, in the deleted scene, he actually called myles apologies for not being engaged