![]() ![]() There is definitely a big competition between Miles Morales and Mister Negative. "Without spoiling too much for the fans, what I will say is that you'll get what you want. And then when I got a call… yeah, I was cautiously optimistic, because they didn't initially tell me the scope of Martin Li's return." It would just be his face on a newspaper or something along those lines. At first, I thought if Mister Negative were to come back, it would surely just be a cameo. Oyoung says: "Oh, man, I was ecstatic when Insomniac reached out again. No spoilers as to the hows and whys of the antagonist's place in Peter Parker and Miles Morales' new and combined tale, but suffice to say, Oyoung was delighted to receive the call – and cannot wait for fans of Spider-Man, Miles, and Mister Negative to see how things unfold this time around. Of course, this directive once more applied with the return of Mister Negative, aka Martin Li, in Marvel's Spider-Man 2. "And I think one of the mandates that Bryan Intihar told me right from the start, when I had questions like, was my behavior correct in this situation or that scenario, I remember him vividly telling me to: 'Just be you, man. Not that Spider-Man as a dynasty is shy of vocal supporters, but the relative unfamiliarity with Mister Negative as a character ultimately played in Oyoung's favor. Besides scant comic book, cartoon, and even Lego features, Oyoung didn't have an abundance of source material to pull from, which meant less external expectations pertaining to how this character might act and behave, which in turn allowed more scope for experimentation.īetween his outings in Marvel's Spider-Man and its sequel, Oyoung filled the shoes of Jason Todd, aka Red Hook, in Gotham Knights, and likewise provided voice work on this year's Mortal Kombat 1 – two household names with passionate and dedicated fan bases. Just do you'."Īs for his own business, the fact that Mister Negative was considered lesser known in the landscape of Marvel supervillains actually helped Oyoung's process. ![]() ![]() "Bryan Intihar told me right from the start, when I had questions like, was my behavior correct in this situation or that scenario, I remember him vividly telling me to: 'Just be you, man. Of course, they also got down to business whenever it was time to do so." Mr Positive "I learned a lot from watching the likes of Denzel, Keanu, Adam, Jennifer, and one thing I definitely took away from this was that the top of the top, the best of the best, the ones that you idolize – at least the ones that I worked with – those people were so cool, like, so professional. "I seem to be either training them or getting killed by all these A-list stars," Oyoung says through laughter. As a martial artist, he trained Denzel Washington in close-quarters combat while filming The Equalizer and did the same for Adam Driver in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Keanu Reeves in 47 Ronin, and Jennifer Garner in Peppermint. It's true that Oyoung's career prior to Marvel's Spider-Man saw him playing an array of bad guys, but his stunt work also saw him working with some pretty distinguished Hollywood talent. And they recognize me for Mister Negative." If I ever get recognized, whether it's on a movie set or on the street, it's always by a gamer. Any kind of notoriety that I have now, you know, five years later, is from that game. And then also to see my face in the actual game itself – all I have, I owe Insomniac, and I'm super grateful for that. "But very rarely was I able to play a three-dimensional character that you could actually root for, and have all those cool, fun moments with. ![]() "Up to that point in my career, I had definitely played a lot of bad guys," explains Oyoung. For him, getting to play a character that was required to perform martial arts, who was a badass, who was bilingual, who was an antagonist but who was also sympathetic – all of these things combined to create the perfect mix of challenge and satisfaction in his work. Oyoung says that besides helping to bring such a cool and interesting character as Mister Negative to life, simply being able to feature in such a prominent and influential video game was an incredible experience. "And then also to see my face in the actual game itself – all I have, I owe Insomniac, and I'm super grateful for that." ![]()
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