One of the fan-favorite characters in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was Oscar Isaac’s Miguel O’Hara/Spider-Man 2099, a character the designers behind the film purposely made to be a “thirst trap” for fans.
Speaking to Collider, Across the Spider-Verse directors Kemp Powers, Joaquin Dos Santos, and Justin K. Thompson spoke about the film. When asked if any fan reactions surprised them in relation to any characters, Dos Santos joked that the reaction to “Miguel’s butt” was a surprise, to which Thompson quickly claimed credit.
“I’ve got to push back on that. I actually feel a little offended because I put myself in charge of making Miguel the thirst trap,” Thompson said. “From day one, I said, ‘I’m on butt duty. I wanna make sure his butt is as tight as possible. I want close-ups. I wanna get the camera there, and I want him to turn. I want his back to the camera when we first introduce him, so you can really appreciate it.’ So, no, I was not surprised.”
Fans quickly took a liking to Miguel O’Hara
Dos Santos went on to say that, at first, it was tough to create a character that was as physically imposing as O’Hara. In the film, O’Hara has a large presence, figuratively and literally, as he towers over most of the other characters. Dos Santos said that it took Phil Lord some convincing, however.
“I will say, we did struggle with having a character as physically robust as Miguel. That was a thing because I think Phil [Lord], especially, has sort of an aversion to, like, overly muscular characters. We were like, ‘This Spider-Person is different. He’s not like the gymnast, he’s like the bodybuilder. He’s got to be big.'”
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is now available to watch on Netflix.
