Fans who check out "Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man" on Disney+ might recognize the familiar voice of Big E.
Big E voices Bulldozer in the animated series.
Appearing on X-Pod 97, Big E was asked how the role came about.
"I'm just so extremely fortunate. The process was, and I had forgotten about this piece until I saw the showrunner Jeff Trammell. He recently had an interview where he talked about the first session we had, I was still in a neck brace. This is March 2022 when I broke my neck. I was in the neck brace for about three months. A casting director just DM'd me at the time. I didn't really have agents secured. I didn't have my agent information on my pages at all, I didn't have emails. Pretty much, if you wanted to get ahold of me, DM was your best bet. It was in the hidden DM, mind you. I'm so thankful that I didn't miss it. I look at the casting director, saw her name, and it looked legit. I reached back out to her and we started talking and went from there. Really, it's because of Jeff. I have to give all the credit to Jeff, who I've gotten to know and he has become great friends with me. Jeff is a big wrestling fan, a big WWE fan, and was, thankfully, a fan of the stuff I was doing. He reached out to me and, originally, he kind of reached out for a one-off. I ended up reading for a part that was supposed to be one episode. Thankfully, apparently, it got circulated enough around the team at Marvel for them to say, 'Let's bring him on for a more significant role.' We just went from there.
"It might have been 2023, I was out in LA with Johnny [Big E's creative partner Jonathan Davenport], we had lunch with Jeff. Being part of a Marvel project is a dream come true. Getting to know Jeff, I will sing this man's praises. He's done such a brilliant job with this show. I've been able to see along the way moving storyboards and the skeleton of the show as it's come along. It's been wonderful. I have to thank the team at Marvel so much. They've been such a delight to work with. Every time I get a chance to get in the booth and record, I'm always like, 'that's it? You don't have anything else for me? Can I read another script?' I enjoy breathing life into these characters and the process of that so very much. It just started from a DM and has gone on from there. It's been beautiful."
Episodes of "Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man" are now streaming on Disney+.
Elsewhere during the interview, Big E looked back on being kicked out of New Day. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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