Spider-Man actor tells fans to ‘get over’ Peter Parker’s face changing in the games

Spider-Man actor, Yuri Lowenthal, has grown 'tired' of the discourse surrounding Peter Parker's new face in the video games.

Lowenthal, also known for lending his voice to Sasuke Uchiha in Naruto and child detective Ben Tennyson in Ben 10, has been voicing Spidey since 2018's Marvel's Spider-Man by Insomniac Games. The game was a success, leading to Insomniac being officially acquired by Sony.

As fans eagerly await a sequel, due to hit shelves in late October this year, Lowenthal returned on the company's decision to recast the facial model for Peter Parker in a remaster of the game.

Despite earning universal praise for their Spider-Man, Insomniac Games got some grief back in 2020 for the decision to retroactively change a key element of the first game. The remastered Marvel's Spider-Man, tied in with the launch of PS5, was everything fans could ever want, though Peter's face looked significantly different.

Insomniac replaced actor John Bubniak, who had provided the motion capture performance for the first version of the game, with a new facial model. The company found that actor Ben Jordan was a better match for Lowenthal's facial capture, resulting in better facial animation.

Asked about the recast, which was met with a certain degree of hostility by some fans, Lowenthal said he was 'all in' as the change was set to enhance his performance.

"The performance was the same for me. I got over it as soon as they said 'Hey, we wanna make this change so that the facial animation is better.' I said 'I'm all in!' I don't care if he looks like a goblin, if my performance is better, then I'm in," he told ComicBook.com ahead of the sequel's debut.

"I'm kind of tired of talking about it to be honest, because I think everything that needs to be said has been said," he continued.

Lowenthal admitted there is a positive in realising some people got so upset, as such strong reactions are proof of a deep emotional connection with the character, but urged fans to 'get over it' to appreciate the better animation.

"Some people will take longer to get over it, some people will never get over it. The one positive thing I take away from this experience is that people connected emotionally so hard and so deeply in the first game that they're mad when they feel that person changes," he said.

"I can only be so mad about that because it worked, not the change thing, but you connected with the character which is great. Now, get over it!"

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 will release on October 20 for PS5.