Daniel Kaluuya on Gwen and Hobie’s Relationship in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

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Daniel Kaluuya on Gwen and Hobie’s Relationship in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Actor Daniel Kaluuya has shared his thoughts on the relationship between his character, Hobie Brown/Spider-Punk, and Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

Across the Spider-Verse has been a smashing success critically and commercially. Marvel fans everywhere have been lining up to see more of Miles Morales’s (Shameik Moore) story. One plot thread that gets teased at is a love triangle between Miles, Hobie, and Gwen. Although the film does not go that route, Kaluuya has shared his thoughts on Gwen and Hobie’s relationship.

“Gwen and Hobie, I think something was happening,” he laughs, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “She left a lot of stuff at his house. They’re part of this band and one of the reasons why Hobie was there was to have Gwen’s back. He wouldn’t be rolling around with the [Spider Society] otherwise, but he felt that Gwen was not well. So I don’t think Gwen used Hobie for that. I think they have a genuine friendship, but how deep that goes is between Gwen and Hobie.”

Kaluuya further commented on how Hobie would eventually have Miles’s back over the course of the film. “He saw that Miles does what’s right no matter what, especially in that [Mumbattan] sequence. Hobie saw that it pissed people off, and he kind of liked that. Miles also didn’t back down. He didn’t apologize for doing what he did. He was like, ‘Nah, I wanna do this. I’m gonna keep on doing this.’ So Hobie saw that rebellious spirit, he identified with him and he wanted to support and help him. He looked at him and thought, ‘This kid is alright,’ after he probably heard certain things about him. So Hobie knew that Miles would unravel the system or the status quo within the Spider Society.”

How long is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse?

The Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse runtime is 2 hours and 16 minutes.

“After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence,” reads the film’s synopsis. “However, when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders. He must soon redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the people he loves most.”

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is now playing in theaters.