Spider-Man 3: Peter Parker ‘won’t be relegated to the couch’, says voice actor
Peter Parker will play a key role in Spider-Man 3’s plot, it’s been confirmed
Yuri Lowenthal, who voices Peter Parker in Insomniac‘s Spider-Man series, has suggested the character won’t play second fiddle to Miles Morales in the next series entry.
While Spider-Man 3 has yet to be officially announced, that didn’t stop Lowenthal from teasing Peter Parker’s role in the game during a recent interview.
After both characters had their own solo outing, Peter Parker and Miles Morales shared the spotlight in Spider-Man 2 (beware, spoilers follow), with players swapping between the two heroes as they teamed up to save New York from villains including Venom, Lizard and Kraven the Hunter.
While the game’s ending implied a passing of the torch from Peter to Miles, suggesting the former could take a backseat in a sequel while the latter takes centre stage, things might not be that clear cut.
“There are very few things that I can say about this game, but you have somehow landed on the one thing that I can answer, and that’s that, yes, Peter is not gone,” Lowenthal told The Direct. “He will be a part of the next game and he won’t be relegated to the couch, I promise.”
It’s not the first time Lowenthal has spoken on this topic. “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, I don’t think that’s what’s going to happen now,” he told Variety last February.
“I don’t know — I haven’t read a script yet. They’re probably still working on it. But I don’t think that’s the last we’re gonna see Peter. I think it’s a cool place to leave it. It’s a cool change for him.
“I think 100% he trusts Miles,” Lowenthal added. “Miles has really stepped up and he’s like, ‘Oh, maybe I can get a little break.’ And I did get a vacation to Symkaria during the Miles game. Not much of vacation, but at least at least MJ got to learn to ride a motorcycle, which is awesome.”
Spider-Man 2 was released for PS5 in October 2023 and for PC this January. When the PC version was announced late last year, Insomniac said it had “no additional story content planned” for the title.
