Lamorne Morris Teases Spider-Verse Crossover, Slams Jake Johnson's Peter Parker
lamorne morris joked that Jake Johnson's Peter Parker was “stupid” while weighing how Robbie Robertson might fit into the Spider-Verse around him. The exchange came as Morris discussed his Spider-Noir role and the overlap between two very different Marvel takes on Spider-Man.
Lamorne Morris and Jake Johnson
Morris said, “Jake Johnson's interpretation of Peter Parker is stupid. No, I was speaking of Jake. I'm sorry.” He was responding to Sean O'Connell’s question about whether his Robbie Robertson would get along with Johnson’s Peter B. Parker, the version Johnson played in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in 2018.
That setup gave Morris room to frame Robbie as the straight man in the comparison. He described the character as “all business” on the professional side, “a journalist with integrity,” and someone with “no time for shenanigans.”
Robbie Robertson in Spider-Noir
Morris also said, “I honestly think (Robbie and Peter) would get along in a very similar fashion because Robbie — on the professional side, Robbie is all business. Robbie's trying to crack the case. Robbie is a journalist with integrity. He has no time for shenanigans.” He added, “I think a lot of times, the Jake Johnson version of Peter Parker is kind of on the fence with what he's supposed to be doing. He's in a different universe! He's kind of a fish out of water a little bit. I do think Robbie's job would be similar, to get this person back on track.”
That answer keeps Spider-Noir in the lane Marvel has already marked out for it: Nicolas Cage plays a live-action version of the 1930s detective drama-inspired webslinger he voiced in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, while Robbie is written as an ambitious freelance journalist. The character itself dates back to The Amazing Spider-Man #51 in 1967, which gives Morris a role that sits inside a long-running piece of Spider-Man history rather than a one-off cameo slot.
From Bloodshot to Spider-Noir
2020 was Morris’s comic book adaptation debut, when he appeared in Bloodshot as English tech wizard Wilfred Wigans opposite Vin Diesel. Spider-Noir is a different assignment, but it keeps him inside the same adaptation economy: familiar names, recognizable comic roots, and actors asked to redraw the edges of established characters instead of inventing new ones from scratch.
2023 also sharpened the Peter B. Parker side of the comparison. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse showed Johnson’s character reconciled with Mary Jane Watson and having a child with her, which makes Morris’s “fish out of water” read feel less like a throwaway joke and more like a quick character split across two timelines. The dynamic leaves Spider-Noir looking like the project that could turn a joke into a useful character contrast if Marvel ever puts the two in the same room.
