Lukas Haas On Going Hardboiled For Nicolas Cage’s ‘Spider-Noir’
Courtesy of Aaron Epstein/Prime Every good film noir villain needs a trustworthy henchmen with an overt lack of moral fortitude to carry out their dirty work. ‘sKasper Gutman has Wilmer Cook, ’s Noah Cross has the guy who slices up Jake Gittes‘ nose like a Christmas ham, and ’s Silvermane has Winston. The new Marvel series from triumvirate Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Amy Pascal certainly lives up to its name, unfolding in an alternate version of 1930s Manhattan bursting with femme fatales, political corruption, stark shadows, and a web-slinging private eye named Ben Reilly (Nicolas Cage). Since losing the love of his life five years ago, Reilly has given up The Spider alter ego, preferring to find comfort at the bottom of every whiskey bottle he can find, while his investigations business goes down the tubes. His shot at redemption arrives when someone attempts to bump off the citys most powerful crime figure, Finbar “Finn” Byrne, a.k.a. Silvermane (Brendan Gleeson). Among the kingpin‘s criminal entourage is hardened enforcer Winston, played by Lukas Haas (, ). “He’s basically Silvermane‘s consigliere,” Haas recently told me over Zoom, using a term that should be recognizable to any fan out there. “He’s super-loyal, trying to protect his









