Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man showrunner defends Peter Parker actor after 'woke' comments: "I believe he simply misspoke and I know that's been weighing on him"

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man showrunner Jeff Trammell has defended the Disney Plus show's Peter Parker actor Hudsoꦍn Thames after he voiced his fears that the aꦦnimated series would be "annoying and woke".

"I love Hudson and 𒅌didn’t focus too much on what he said. I believe he simply misspoke, and I know that&𝕴rsquo;s been weighing on him," Trammell said during a (AMA) thread.

Trammell continued, "I think we made a fantastic show that is goꦿing to appeal to a wide audience and hopefully capture🐬s what I love about this Spider-Man: that he’s a guy who cares deeply about the people around him and always tries to do the right thing."

Previously, Thames raised more than a few eyebrows after suggesting the writing for the show wasn't 'woke' ('woke' is a term frequently used as a dogwhistle to describe media that typically involves diverse and inclusive casts and themes) during an interview w🌳ith .

Thames said, "I thought it was awesome. I mean, my biggest fear was that it was gonna be annoying and woke, and it wasn't, and I was like, 'Yes, this is great, it's so well writte𒆙n,' like it feels real. I'm the oldest of five boys, so I feel like I kind of know what's happening in their lives and in high school, and it felt like it was doi💝ng that justice."

Your Friendly Neig😼hborhood Spider-Man, which re-imagines Spidey's gallery of rogues and allies away from the confines of the MCU's Sacred Timeline, features a cast including Colman Domingo as Norman Osborn, Grace Song as Peter's best friend Nico, and Kari Wahlgren as Aunt May.

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