Across the Spider-Verse Cast and Crew Share Their Favorite Scenes to Record

The cast and crew involved in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse pick their favorite scenes that they recorded from the animated film.

The Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse cast and crew revealed what their favorite scenes were to record.

Via X, Prime Video shared a clip with the Across the Spider-Verse production team discussing their favorite parts of the film. Hailee Steinfeld noted that one of her favorite sequences is between her character Gwen Stacy and her father, played by Shea Whigham. She said, "I, myself, and Shea Whigham got to be in the booth at the same time and do that together, which was so special. And it's very emotional, and it's such a turning point for Gwen."

Miles Morales' voice actor Shameik Moore, also shared his top scene. "There's a scene where I guess the Spider-Society kind of confront Miles, and it's one of his more emotional moments," Moore said. "That day, I just loved what he was saying and what it meant to me."

Co-producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller agreed that Jason Schwartzman's character, the Spot, was a highlight of Across the Spider-Verse for them. "It was a lot of fun working with Jason Schwartzman because he was just throwing things out constantly," Miller said. Lord added, "The sequences with the Spot have, like, so many different options for lines that we tried. Not so fun for the editors, really fun to record." Christopher Miller and Phil Lord also observed how Daniel Kaluuya brought an authenticity to the role of Spider-Punk, and noted that all the actors "really brought so much of themselves to it."

The Making of Across the Spider-Verse

Following on from 2018's Into the Spider-Verse, Across the Spider-Verse pits Miles Morales against the Spot, who becomes a multiverse-level threat. After joining forces with other Spider-People, Miles is eventually brought into conflict with Miguel O'Hara aka Spider-Man 2099, the group's leader. Miller recently acknowledged that Across the Spider-Verse allowed the production team to "show the limitless possibilities of animation in a studio film."

Kemp Powers, one of Across the Spider-Verse's directors, also talked about the film's strong creative direction, noting that there was an "openness to trying just about anything, both in terms of the visual and the storytelling language." Concept art from the film shows some of the ambitious character designs which were considered, but ultimately didn't make the final cut. These include illustrations of knight and samurai Spider-Man variants, as well as artwork for Big Wheel, an obscure comics villain.

While the film has been well received and has performed well at the box office, there has been criticism surrounding the animation team's working conditions, which reportedly caused over 100 animators to step away from the production. The next installment in the franchise, titled Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, has currently been removed from Sony's release schedule due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike.