Spider-Man 2 Actor Discusses Peter Parker's Future
This article has SPOILERS for Marvel's Spider-Man 2
The Insomniac version of Peter Parker might not be as finished with crime-fighting as the end of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 seemed to indicate, at least not according to Yuri Lowenthal. The latest installment of Insomniac’s well-received Marvel’s Spider-Man series put Peter through even more emotional turmoil than ever, as he was forced to confront his own darker impulses while under the influence of the alien Symbiote — and then his childhood friend Harry Osborn after he becomes the monstrous Venom. Meanwhile, his fellow wall-crawler Miles Morales came into his own in Spider-Man 2, bringing Peter back from the brink and helping fend off Venom’s Symbiote invasion.
At the very end of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Peter decides to take a break from being a superhero to focus on building his life with Mary Jane, with Miles assuring him that he can protect New York by himself for as long as Peter needs him to. Some players interpreted this as Peter retiring as Spider-Man for good, with Insomniac stating that Miles would be the primary web-slinger of its Marvel games going forward. This proved to be as controversial as Miles’s Spider-Man 2 endgame Evolved Suit, especially with the final cutscenes of the last game hinting that Peter will face the Green Goblin in the eventual Spider-Man 3.
Peter Parker actor Yuri Lowenthal recently weighed in on the idea of his character hanging up his webs for good after Spider-Man 2 during an interview with Variety. When the topic was brought up, Lowenthal stated that he doesn’t believe Peter will retire from Spider-Man completely — as much as he would like to live a normal life and let Miles deal with dangerous supervillains on a daily basis. “While I think that Peter would love to believe that he can just turn it off and not be Spider-Man anymore and live a completely normal life,” Lowenthal said, “I don’t think that’s what’s going to happen now.”
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