Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse features a secret Stan Lee cameo
There are apparently the comic book creator makes dozens of appearances in the film
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse featured a huge Stan Lee cameo, one that drew tears from fans around the world.
Turns out, the famed comic-book writer – who created such Marvel characters the X-Men, Iron Man and Spider-Man – also crops up again in the animated film, something that cinemagoers no doubt missed as the moment is the definition of blink-and-you-miss-it.
Posting on Twitter, Nick Kondo, one of the film’s animators, revealed Lee’s second appearance.
The moment comes towards the end of the film, when Miles Morales has officially suited up as Spider-Man. As the superhero runs along the side of a speeding train, Lee can be seen – briefly – as a passenger looking out.
Co-director Bob Perschietti has previously said that Lee makes multiple appearances throughout the film.
“The easiest to spot, because you don’t have to stop the film, is when Peter and Miles are on the ground on the sidewalk, after they’d fallen from the train, there’s a dog who smells them with a guy who walks over them,” he told Collider. ”That’s Stan again. On his way home from work.
“But then I will say, there are many, many train scenes. Subway shots. If you just pause, he’s in a lot of them. That guy is all over New York. He’s a busy man.”
Fans will be able to find them all later this year, when Spider-Verse is released on DVD and Blu-ray. Meanwhile, the producers behind the film, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, have recently released a sequel to The LEGO Movie. Read our review here.
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