[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.]
Spider-Man: Through the Spider-Verse Such an incredible feat in animation that about halfway through, you start to think the movie has topped itself, and there’s no way it can find a new way to mess with reality – and then Donald Glover shows off full realism. higher.
Much like what was introduced in the second epic part of Spider verse movies, there’s a lot of thought and meaning in the actor/musician/icon warrior’s brief appearance. Below, we break down not only what this movie means, but the entire chaotic expanded universe of the Marvel films we now consume, the intricate, intertwined web of continuity and laws in which we are all entrapped…. And grateful to her, because she is so interesting.
Where does Donald Glover appear at? Spider Man: via spider-verse?
Glover’s cameo comes as Miles Morales is shown around the headquarters of the “Elite,” the jumping spider society of the universe. During the tour, Miles is shown an exhibition of captured “anomalies”, villains, and other characters who escaped their original reality through holes in the multiverse due to the destruction of the Super Collider in In the spider verse.
But wait, is Donald Glover playing himself?
While we won’t get past this movie, the answer is no – instead, Atlanta The creator is reprising his role as an alternate version of Prowler, also known as Aaron Davis.
What do you mean, repeat? When has Donald Glover played a contestant before this?
Glover debuted as Prowler in 2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming – Well, well, he showed up as a shady guy named Aaron. He is first seen trying to buy weapons from two of his henchmen (Logan Marshall-Green and Bokeem Woodbine) who work for The Vulture (Michael Keaton). Aaron seems particularly interested in some “anti-gravity climbers,” a hint at Prowler technology, before Spider-Man (Tom Holland, this time) breaks the deal.
Later, Spidey attempts to interrogate Aaron in a parking garage for information on the whereabouts of the Vulture. Glover’s appearance in the film is brief, but it mentions the presence of a nephew in the neighborhood – an apparent reference to young Miles. In fact, in a deleted scene, he actually calls out to Miles to apologize for not participating.
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