Daniel Kaluuya’s Spider-Punk Was Almost Cut From ‘Across the Spider-Verse’: ‘Once We Got to Know Daniel, We Rewrote the Part’
variety.comMichaela Zee Miles Morales encounters an array of new Spider-People in “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” including Daniel Kaluuya’s Hobart “Hobie” Brown (aka Spider-Punk).
While Spider-Punk plays an integral part in the sequel, as well as became a fan-favorite due to his carefree attitude and spiky mohawk, writer-producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller revealed in an interview with EW that the anarchic superhero was nearly cut from the film. “He was in and out of the picture for a little while because we weren’t sure which elements we were going to stick in this part and which were going to migrate to the next movie,” Lord said.
However, when the writer-producers met Kaluuya, they “realized that he had to be Hobie Brown, no matter the cost.” “And Hobie had to be in the movie because that personality needed to be part of the story,” Lord continued.
Along with Spider-Punk, “Across the Spider-Verse” introduced such Spider-variants as Jess Drew/Spider-Woman, Miguel O’ Hara/Spider-Man 2099 and Pavitr Prabhakar.
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