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Its opening sequence catches up with Spider-Gwen, voiced by Hailee Steinfeld, a Supporting Actress pick in 2011.
Expand it beyond the Oscars, and the cast gets even more gold-plated.
A pregnant, motorcycle-riding Spider-Woman named Jessica Drew is voiced by eight-time Emmy nominee Issa Rae.
Its only natural thatAcross the Spider-Verseshould boast such a prestigious voice cast.
It got me thinking.
As it turns out, not super well.
Thats no slight onSpider-Verse: Many of its cast members are young and near the beginning of their careers.
They simply havent had time to amass the awards-season resumes that other star-studded casts have.
But if they dont spring the superhero sequel to the top of the charts, who does?
GloversSpider-Versecameo brought to mind the 2019Lion King, which the multi-hyphenate headlined as the voice of adult Simba.
Still, when were talking about awards season, were mostly talking about the Oscars.
But neitherAntznorIsle of Dogsholds the record for most total Oscar nominations in a voice cast.
(Whose 14 nominations are pulling a lot of weight here.)
It must have been something in the water.
