Hudson Thames brings a fresh voice to Peter Parker in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, taking the right approach to his character.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is fresh on screens, but Hudson Thames has taken the limelight in the wake of “woke” backlash.

What If...? star Hudson Thames reprises his role as Peter Parker in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and the actor has now said concerns he also once shared about the show being "woke" are incorrect.

Fresh from the house of Marvel, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is all set to release its first two episodes on Disney+ on January 29, 2025.

The character was originally supposed to be played by Tom Holland back when it was a tie-in for Marvel’s MCU Spider-Man movies, but the project eventually transformed into something separate. Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man ’s first trailer showed Norman Osborn mentoring Peter Parker instead of Iron Man,

But what’s funny about the entire situation is how Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is, in fact, one of those “woke” shows you’re always hearing culturally conservative types harp on about. It celebrates multiculturalism by treating diversity as a simple fact of the world Peter Parker exists in.

A poster for the Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man episode, "Secret Identity Crisis," by Julien Rico Jr. asks if Norman Osborn is "A Friend or Foe." This comes after Tarantula and Speed Demon struck in a clip from the episode.