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There’s an important scene featuring iconic Spider-Man anti-hero Black Cat that touchedMarvel’s Spider-Man 2players, and the actress behind the character shed some more light on why it ended up being more poignant. Basically, she changed the way the moment was written in the script, making it more emotionally resonant.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, which released in October for the PlayStation 5, continues the story a year after the events ofMarvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales.As such, a lot of changes and developments have occurred within the franchise’s setting, including a lot of progression in the lives of its characters. For example, classic Spider-Man villains like the Lizard, Tombstone, and Mysterio have given up their evil ways to become more productive members of society.
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One subplot involves a life change that happens to Felicia Hardy, also known as Black Cat. Early in the game, the player takes on a mission in which Miles Morales chases Black Cat all over New York City as she wields a mystical artifact that allows her to create teleportation portals after stealing the Wand of Watoomb, likely from this universe’s version of Doctor Strange. In a story that seesMiles take on a bigger role in the Marvel’s Spider-Man universe, he eventually teams up with her after she reveals she stole the artifact to escape Kraven by trying to get to Paris, where her girlfriend is caught up in some trouble. After he helps her get there, Black Cat whispers her thanks in a tender moment before leaving. Black Cat actress Erica Lindbeck revealed in a tweet that the “thank you” line the character whispers was ad-libbed after the script called for her to only give Miles a non-verbal affirmation.
Lindbeck, who also mo-capped Black Cat in the scene, said that she wanted to “try something more straightforward” in the delivery of that line, as she was feeling a little emotional after her partner was admitted to the hospital on the week it was shot. Her partner, fellow video gamevoice actor Billy Kametz would eventually pass awayafter a battle with colon cancer, making her acting in the cutscene more meaningful.
The mission and sequence would end up being the character’s curtain call inSpider-Man 2, as Black Cat effectively gets away, closing out her part inMiles Morales and Peter Parker’s story. Hardy figured heavily in the firstSpider-Mangame, thanks to a few side missions and then a dedicated DLC pack inside The City That Never Sleeps.
Spider-Man 2fans only had positive things to say about how Lindbeck played the scene, with some on Reddit saying the line added more sincerity and emotional weight. The mission was Morales’s first interaction with Black Cat, where he finds out she’s not a bad person after everybody warned him not to trust her. AlthoughSpider-Mandeveloper Insomniac Games seems to be hesitant to revisit many characters it previously used giventhe way some classicSpider-Manvillains were treatedin this story, many expressed their wish for Hardy to return in a future sequel.
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Spider-Men Peter Parker and Miles Morales face the ultimate test of strength inside and outside the mask as they fight to save the city, each other and the ones they love, from the monstrous Venom and the dangerous new symbiote threat.Explore an expansive Marvel’s New York with faster web-swinging and the all-new Web Wings, quickly switching between Peter and Miles to experience different stories, epic new abilities and high-tech gear.Wield Peter’s symbiote abilities and Miles’ explosive bio-electric powers in battle against new and iconic Marvel Super Villains – including an original take on a symbiote-infused Venom, the ruthless Kraven the Hunter, the volatile Lizard, and more from the Marvel Rogues’ Gallery.
