While Sony’sSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Versemight be a dream come true for anyone waiting for Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) to finally get his due on the big screen, some might have noticed a key component of the character was missing: Ganke Lee, Miles' best friend, roommate, and occasional crimefighting sidekick. Well, technically, he’sthere[viaSlashfilm]: the new book “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - The Art of the Movie” confirms that Miles' unnamed roommate—who doesn’t speak throughout the film and really only exists to faint at the sight of Spider-Ham–is ya boy Ganke The Awesome.
Interestingly enough,Spider-Verseco-writer and producerPhil Lordrevealed the character originally played a much larger part in the story, but the creative team scaled back afterJacob Batalon’s Ned fromSpider-Man: Homecomingtook on a lot of Ganke’s character traits as originally created byBrian BendisandSara Pichelli.
Geek Tyrantshared a piece of concept art fromSpider-Versethat shows Ganke originally took part in Miles and Peter B. Parker’s (Jake Johnson) upstate escape from Olivia Octavius (Kathryn Hahn). But worry not, Ganke stans. Production designerJustin k. ThompsontoldCBthe character still has a bright future in a Spider-Verse sequel, which is looking even more likely after the film’s Best Animated FeatureGolden Globes win.
“He is one of the most gifted students at the Academy,” Thompson said. “We see him stay up all night working on his quantum entanglement thesis. He’s so single-mindedly focused that he seems completely oblivious to anything his roommate might be up to.”
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