The leading actor of The Spectacular Spider-Man is opening up about Disney recasting him with Drake Bell without telling him it was happening.
The leading actor of The Spectacular Spider-Man opens up about Disney recasting him with Drake Bell without properly informing him. While Spider-Man has been depicted in animation for decades, one of the shows that have continued to have a cult following is The Spectacular Spider-Man, starring Josh Keaton as the web-slinger. Despite being short-lived, Keaton recently got to revisit the role through Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse in a prominent cameo.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT However, Keaton is opening up more about the end of his Spider-Man experience back in 2009 when The Spectacular Spider-Man was canceled. During a recent live stream , the popular voice actor revealed that he was initially supposed to get to wrap up his run as the Marvel icon through Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, which got canceled in favor of Avengers Assemble.
This was after Spectacular Spider-Man, that I finished recording for, and I knew it wasn't going to get picked up. We didn't know that Ultimate Spider-Man was even going to happen yet when I recorded it. We were kind of aware that the show wasn't going to get picked up because they were taking a really long time to tell us. They never told us it was going to be canceled; they just never told us it wasn't going to get picked up.
But Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes was going to be kind of like my sendoff, so I was like 'Alright, that's sweet! At least I get to play Spider-Man in this last thing. That's cool, that's awesome.' And then, the night that it aired, I was going to watch it...
As messy as they were with how they handled The Spectacular Spider-Man, it was great to see Keaton getting to return for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, giving fans of the show a chance to see one of their favorite depictions of the web-slinger. Even if this doesn't mean that The Spectacular Spider-Man will get revived for season 3, perhaps Keaton will have another cameo in Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse next year.
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