Donald Glover is certainly a man of many talents. First emerging as the hilarious Troy Barnes on the TV show Community, then a killer musician via Childish Gambino, he may already be a hero to many fans out there. But Glover is now able to solidify the position, as it has emerged he will voice the character of the web slinging superhero Spiderman in Disney’s new animated series “Ultimate Spider-Man: Web Warriors.”
Glover will voice the character of newly created Miles Morales, a half-black, half-Hispanic Spiderman who exists in a different dimension to the original Peter Parker. The two meet as Peter Parker jumps dimensions to thwart the Green Goblin, and is introduced to a young Miles who is adjusting to his new role as Spiderman.
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Hip hop and comic books have a dense, fruitful relationship, and Glover has long had a history with Spiderman. When the new live action reboot was announced, a Twitter campaign erupted for Glover to play the new Spiderman, sparked by Glover wearing Spiderman pyjamas on the TV show Community. Although as we know, Andrew Garfield was ultimately decided to star in the reboot, the new comic Spiderman series was already being planned. The campaign inspired Marvel to create the new black Spiderman based on Glover, who has used his stand-up routines to share his passion for the friendly neighbourhood hero.
Glover has admitted it is a massive moment for him, as he too was a huge Spiderman fan from way back.
“I never liked Superman that much, because I was like, ‘Yo, this dude can’t die. It’s too easy.’ Batman is pretty fly. He’s a close second, just because he doesn’t really have powers. He’s just a justice-driven vigilante. Spider-Man is the best because you just don’t know who he is, and he’s funny and he’s poor. I understand Spider-Man a lot on that level. He’s just trying to make it.”
He has even said that at his Childish Gambino concerts, fans of the new Spiderman have requested autographs on the Miles Morales comics.
However, he still holds out hope that one day he can play a live-action version of the role.
So do we Donald, so do we.