While it’s hard to imagine Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse without the effortlessly cool Spider-Punk (voiced by the effortlessly cool Daniel Kaluuya), the anarchic British web-slinger almost didn’t make it into the movie.
In a movie featuring more than 250 different Spider-People, it’s hard to imagine why any character would be left out of the movie, but Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the creative forces behind Across the Spider-Verse actually had some valid reasons for nearly omitting the character.
Thankfully, they had an even better reason for making him an integral part of Miles Morales’ (Shameik Moore) story.
So, why was it so tricky to get Spider-Punk on the big screen?…
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