Jake Johnson on always playing the part of the schlubby, laid back guy

Jake Johnson has played a long list of schlubby, laid back types-Nick Miller in New Girl, Luke in Drinking Buddies, Chilli in Tag, and now Peter B. Parker in the new Spider-Man movie, Into The Spider-Verse. In a recent interview, we spoke with Johnson about these various roles, his philosphy on acting, and getting out of his comfort zone as an actor.

[@diggledigloto8630]

isn’t he being typecast as the lazy guy but he doesn’t care cuz hes lazy

[@ririsasy]

Hahahahahhahahahahhahahaha

[@jackssmirkingrevenge9646]

Diggle Digloto this is why jake johnson is the only white man i trust

[@pedroparques8475]

I watched this because i like his voice

[@themadtitan7603]

Lol

[@macafromthewired]

@______ he's dead it doesn't count

[@fcantil]

Jake Johnson just works for an old, experienced, and little bit bored Spider-Man

[@Zamibia]

thanks captain obvious, no shit thats probably why they cast him lol

[@chofferz4658]

@@Zamibia always that one guy

[@erickmejia4602]

Shut up Barusu, you should have chosen Rem

[@meifungliew1637]

& also the original E-616 spiderman

[@TheAndrewWyckoff]

I read that as 'a little bit stoned' at first glance 😂

[@Tttwsophie]

"I’m not convinced I know how to read, I’ve just memorised a lot of words"

[@kayg7438]

Always be funny 🤣😂

[@venkatsai3252]

Now that's a superhero line

[@ThatCyndi]

Jake Johnson has a superhero name

[@baileyroca1216]

Even has the double letter initials!

[@Lite727]

Bailey Roca alliteration

[@matthewgilpincom]

Jake Johnson Jameson

[@Andrew-PlsKys]

Jake Johnson IS a super hero name

[@foolishspecialist7479]

“Typecast” is his alter ego. Lol

[@jonnyjpg_]

Julius Pepperwood.

[@victoriafaught5990]

Omg yes

[@mark-one6511]

im from chicago

[@FuckFascistYouTube]

@@mark-one6511 Thin crust pizza? No thank you I'm from Chicago

[@Tttwsophie]

@@FuckFascistKZbin 😂

[@mybeansarecooler]

@@FuckFascistKZbin fun times... 😌

[@JohnSmith-ww3pu]

If we don’t get another jake Johnson peter Parker I’ll be upset. Him and Yuri portrayed the character better than anyone else in movie, tv, and games.

[@milboxr9772]

Josh Keaton is a good Spider-Man as well

[@holup454]

Josh, Yuri, and Jake are amazing

[@brandohardy7914]

barnes is good as well, his spidey was the 90s

[@javierescuella9274]

Chris Pine I imagine would be better for Peter tbh, he was really good too as blonde Parker. Jake's good too, but his voice just sounds a little too laid back in my opinion.

[@brucecain7056]

You just disrespected Josh Keaton like that?

[@The0neWomanShow]

'I've been with my wife for 15 years...She was it, you're the one.' Awwwwwwww

[@wordzmyth]

So refreshing a. An basically say ut is nit only easier but better o just love one person. Awesome. Clone him.

[@nanalamb4623]

lol he was too lazy to find another jk it was cute

[@The0neWomanShow]

@@wordzmyth clone him for everyone

[@The0neWomanShow]

@@nanalamb4623 definitely cause when you got it, you got it

[@colebaker___]

He’s not lazy, just comfortable and chill, so all of his characters are comfortable and chill no matter what their personality is

[@Vikit24]

I know I love that

[@twobirds01]

Love how he goes “these characters rlly aren’t anything like me, they just all seem lazy cuz I was too lazy to make them seem not lazy”😂😂😂

[@SamGautreau7]

This guy is singlehandedly gonna make me watch New Girl Edit: I finally watched it! It was one of the best shows I’ve ever watched

[@markparikh4000]

lmao Same

[@aaronaiyathurai8437]

You won't regret it, it is incredibly funny.

[@yashmhatre6276]

Go for it. It's really good

[@Justsomerandomguy951]

@@markparikh4000 i started it last week solely for him. Ended up loving the whole cast, but his character is definitely my favorite along with Schmidt 🔥

[@Generalindifference]

That show is brilliant .well worth a watch

[@skonenblades]

That's some awesome real talk there. I really liked hearing this. No bs.

[@psubba17]

Same. A really humble, down to earth and ‘real’ guy. I like him too man. I’m a huge Spidey fan and I’m really happy and proud to have found this person through the movie. He did a great job and justice to Peter Parker

[@nihilisticprophet6985]

He’s like that in all his interviews. Just feel so genuine. Just like his characters in his shows

[@shaid1111]

Jake Johnson works too much for someone who's actually lazy.

[@baileybrinker5935]

Yeah he’s not lazy, he’s just not obnoxious. Plus he seems externally motivated. Like, he wants to just learn and have these experiences with no bs. I relate and think a lot of others do too.

[@IITKIIII]

Best Peter Parker’s voice actor ever !

[@arshaddahlan]

The only voice actor ever lol

[@smorgastarta4205]

K Peter B Parker is just Peter Parker, there is no difference. In the comics, Peter Parker's full name is Peter Benjamin Parker, just call him Peter Parker!

[@ancientnight]

With what smorwhatever said josh keaton for me is the best. Next to josh is jake.

[@infinitedonuts9929]

Smörgåstårta 420 so?

[@pegasusdrive12]

@@smorgastarta4205 well old man Peter goes by Peter B Parker. Maybe just to differentiate but it's important.

[@NanztheFan]

wow. I really like how he has analyzed his acting career and his relationship to his characters in such an eloquent way. He is really talking about the complex nature of being typecast as an actor and its so interesting. I love this man omg.

[@Amber474]

YES to the idea of more Spiderman Verse movies, especially if they have Jake Johnson continue as Peter Parker ^_^ God, I LOVE this man sm

[@salty3723]

I would love to see other Marvel characters get animated movies like this. Edit: I think Doctor Stramge would be great

[@Scroteydada]

I wanna see him in live action

[@johnvuu4679]

get ready for a disney animated tv series!

[@themadtitan7603]

@@salty3723 Yes

[@fhinnes]

Well, you'll need 800 and 4 years to make it

[@shanecabilao1124]

The whole movie I just thought of Nick from New Girl

[@dingdongskie]

literally, i just think of nick under the costume the whole damn movie

[@tiscaek3966]

Hundred procent

[@cruzermcknight8249]

Me too! I literally saw a lot of Nick Miller in Jake's version of Spider-Man

[@spartacussmith7070]

One day Spiderman got bored and dressed up like a cop with his buddy

[@superhyperyoshi]

Did not realize that Nick Miller voiced Spider-Man

[@rainygamedays5873]

"These are R E A L L Y WEIRD experiences" *Hangs out with Tom Cruise

[@emmanuelpacheco8765]

I'm not weird 😭

[@tutumazibuko2510]

He's hanging out with a Fucking scientologist, of course it's weird lmao

[@Ryan-pg1tw]

Maybe you should express yourself more respectful

[@Ryan-pg1tw]

@@tutumazibuko2510 Maybe you should express yourself more respectful

[@tutumazibuko2510]

@@Ryan-pg1tw no

[@carolinecameron4840]

A Pepperwood Chronicles movie or short film would look so great in the style of the Spiderverse movie

[@sss-yo3gw]

Wasn't the pepperwood chronicles just based on Nick's life?

[@Tttwsophie]

@@sss-yo3gw no I don’t think so. It’s a detective/romance story lol. He has characters based of people he loves (Jess and Schmidt).

[@bethstie]

particularly if it carried a hint of the spiderman noir vibe! 😂 the old school edgelord "sometimes I let a match burn down to my fingertips just to feel something" energy 💀💀💀

[@degreeskelvin3025]

Honestly one of the best most honest interview ive ever seen

[@Vikit24]

I agree

[@imatexan3]

I’ve watched New Girl 5-6 times all the way thru. It never gets old.

[@CDNL.]

It’s my first time watching the show and I’m only on season 3, but I absolutely love the show already! I’m obsessed. Hopefully we’ll one day get a face to face cast reunion.

[@lyftedlegend9954]

I wanna see him in an old western movie he'd play a bad ass out law or cowboy.

[@dragonblaze7133]

I wanna see Jason Mamoa in a Viking movie

[@patchyway]

YES

[@elianamarshall9333]

ok i guess i’m going to manifest being jake johnson’s wife of 15 years that he is totally in love with

[@ally3550]

I believe in u 🙏🙏

[@CDNL.]

Get in line. I’ve been doing that since 2011.

[@ckillgore]

Jake is my favorite Spiderman. We have gotten a lot of stories with an older Spiderman, like with the whole Parker Industries thing in the comics. Peter B Parker is kinda of like the guy who is an alcoholic, but instead of drinking it's being Spiderman. He's addicted to it, and it's kind of ruining his life. He is like a functional Spiderholic. And like most addicts, he is using his addiction as a distraction to avoid things he doesn't want to confront. When he is going through his post-divorce breakdown, he won't take off the suit, not even while watching TV. At the end of the movie, when we see all the spider people back in their homes doing their spider thing, we see Peter B as Peter, finally having taken off the suit, put on real pants, and facing his real issues. I don't think every version of Peter would naturally go down this road, or that it's the only story that makes sense for an older Peter, but it's a story we haven't seen before, and for that reason I love it.

[@duhreel1]

He explained the perks of acting really well never considered how much you could passively learn just from having to do certain scenes

[@sapphire962]

I appreciate that he's comfortable in his own skin and focuses on happiness above all else

[@rulofrancis9405]

Heard nothing but Peter B. Parker talking to Miles Morales about His laidbackness

[@ruller8901]

oh yeah interviewer does sound similar... probably because he isn’t speaking much

[@Madwiseace]

@@ruller8901 Damn, got ‘em.

[@ElmejorChocolatero]

They should get him to play Peter B. Parker in the live action Spider-verse along with Tobey and Andrew

[@dylancole1910]

YES!

[@whizzkidkis]

Really loved this interview. Jake's a cool dude.

[@miyamiya1726]

Whats funny is at first I didn't recognize him in Into The Spiderverse, when I did, all i kept seeing was Nick Miller. I really enjoyed his role as Peter B. Parker because he can basically be himself and still fit to the storyline of the character, regardless if he had any experience being a divorcee.

[@dylancole1910]

I completely forgot that was him until now, same with the Mummy. I love the Mummy but forgot that was him. 😄

[@kindofanmol]

I wanted more of him in ATSV

[@amirulzamri7833]

I wish I have his kind of voice ugh so laidback

[@mona-mo3sd]

in an interview, he actually said he doesn't mind being typecasted because that means he's good at what he's doing, and he's glad people are liking what they see so he'd love to do it again

[@kristbjorg999]

This guy, can he be any more awesome? Love him, so laid-back and seems so nice and knows what he is and what he wants

[@brandohardy7914]

honestly his voice is what i pictured peter sounding like when he’s older.

[@krolliox5346]

I'll be honest, I never liked it that he was cast as the voice of Peter, mostly because his voice didn't felt like a way Peter would sound to me and also because I had played Spider-man PS4 and really loved Yuri Lowenthal's version of Spider-man, but then I saw the movie and saw that he was playing like a Old man Spider-man who's been through so many crap in the years he has been Spider-man and then I realise that his voice does fit that version of Spider-man so hopefully if they make a sequel he comes back.

[@milboxr9772]

Same

[@GregKhar-NU-Metalhead2000]

Y'kno....that's bcs he's another peter in universe...not 616,not ultimate 1610,not ps4,not120703 garfield,not 199999 tom,not tobey.... *HE'S ALTERNATE PETER PARKER*

[@realxtraki11er]

@@GregKhar-NU-Metalhead2000 make some sense

[@jadynsauro6504]

i love jake johnson. i think hes a great actor and a hilarious person. however, when the first trailer was released and jake johnson was revealed as spiderman i was shook to my core bc i didnt know if i would like it. but... he fits this alternate peter parker so much and im so grateful that he was this role.

[@jordangrant3022]

It didn’t sound like what I was expecting but I actually ended up really liking the voice

[@ZaynabSiddiquiyay]

so ur telling me jake and max aren’t exactly like nick and schmidt and they were just pretending 👁💧👄💧👁

[@hweil999]

Man, I wanna find a guy like him. “I‘ve been with my wife for 15 years & she was it. I was like ‘you’re the one.” 💗🥺

[@tiffanypersaud3518]

I knoww!! :)

[@hweil999]

@@tiffanypersaud3518 someone find me my Jake please

[@tiffanypersaud3518]

@@hweil999 Saaaame.

[@mary200]

u n p r o b l e m a t i c 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@jessiee4872]

“She was it. You’re the one” has heavy Nick Miller vibes

[@miaandrews5323]

My favourite comfort show and my favourite movie have this one guy in common. Maybe something in the authentic, accessible fragility he brings to his roles.

[@kaylajetton5825]

i love jake so much. hes so laid back. and hes always playing a laid back lazy character. he's also nick miller irl

[@CS-er3ib]

This man is a national treasure. He and Pratt need to team up.

[@bretgurganus7335]

They were both in Jurassic World

[@CS-er3ib]

@@bretgurganus7335 any scenes together?

[@the_varunrvel]

Two of them played a funny lazy lovable idiot in sitcom.....i get it 😍😍😍😍 Andy Dwyer and Nick Miller

[@krispynah6043]

What a passionate answer. Dude loves his job.

[@SuperMentalkids]

He’s honestly one of my favorite Spider-Man’s he embodied it so well

[@SAkURAYOWA]

Guys! Watch New Girl! It’s just a really fun goofy show.

[@bountyhuntas1]

It honestly is

[@kevinhedman2314]

It turns into the Nick Miller show and I love it!

[@KyloRen4238]

Happy Birthday Jake Johnson. 21 Jump Street, Jurassic World, Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse, Neighbors and The Mummy. Seriously awesome. 21 Jump Street kick-ass. Hilarious! Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse, I seen it. Venom, in the ending part. Love this guy! May the Peace be with u Jake Johnson. From Harlingen Texas. May 28, 1978 May 28, 2022 through May 28, 3022

[@NavajoNez]

Damn but can that man grow a beard.

[@simoneric]

Nick Miller interview about his best seller “Jake Johnson”

[@iheardyourprayer2599]

He seems like such a genuine guy

[@ericlytle2209]

I love how this interview boils down to him saying the only similarities with him and the characters that he plays is that they all look like him.

[@Beanboozler123]

Not the Spider-Man we wanted but the one we needed

[@Soto7]

I now see his character so different now, I can’t unsee it!!

[@jennarose4590]

He is honestly one of my favorite actors ever haha

[@tomhanks6976]

this was a really good and insightful interview

[@iwillbehokagegorge1042]

my man is just vibing and everyone wants to vibe with him.

[@Oracle_Ocelot]

I respect this man so much. I wish everyone could just get to do this

[@anam00090]

Would love to see Jake in a very different role like a western. A western starring Timothy Olyphant, Jake Johnson and Jack Black :D collective charm and charisma would make the screen explode

[@VimeleosZen]

Because his characters are similar, I'd always look forward if he's in any movie/show I'm about to watch.

[@thenyanightv2177]

Imagine disliking this how can you not love jake

[@jackcollins2568]

I want all of the Spideys that was in this film to have their own seperate movie. I loved all of them esp Nick Cage as Noir.

[@bluecollarmenproductions]

Sitting down is so smart

[@seemsfishy23]

I hope Jake Johnson wins the Oscar for being the Most Perfect Man this year 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[@17Keoma]

Jake Johnson was my favorite in New Girl

[@firstnamelastname-cc2tl]

I just realized how I dont know his name and assume his name's Nick.. and idk but he really looks like a Nick

[@iKlix014]

I love him so much

[@curiousfox4463]

I can't unhear Peter B. Parker's voice.

[@quick_impact_23]

Remember, this dudes acting as PETER PARKER and SPIDER MAN, he became spider man as a teenager. We always see spider man and Peter Parker as a teenager. We see him as a teenager in so many movies and shows. All of a sudden we got this Peter Parker. He’s so different compared to these Peter but it still fits so much like it’s so weird

[@wrosgar]

And he was in the 2nd Spider-man! And he again was great

[@WhosThatBird_]

And five years after!

[@lewiscarter1229]

Big fan of this guy, he’s great in win it all and drinking buddies, and hilarious in new girl

[@thewinterizzy]

This is a great interview. :’)

[@derek8700]

I wouldn’t mind seeing him as a Spiderman live action.

[@ryanallerton9935]

Jake Johnson is definitely in my top 3 of favourite actors

[@ishaansejpal249]

All I hear is Peter Parker

[@ZealStarMedia]

Who else thinks he could be a live action Spider-Man for Venom 2, basically a Spider-Man who is older and not really into the hero thing, but gets back into it upon realizing he needs to stop Carnage... just thinking out loud here.

[@jodjam]

That sounds awesome

[@valeriestidham5595]

That sounds incredible

[@s3cr3tpassword]

I was wondering why his voice was so familiar!!!!

[@aquamarineancientsoul7893]

Peter b needs a solo animated movie with jake's voice, just like the other spider people from spiderverse. I LOVE them all and they can step on me.

[@hahn3415]

Peter B. Parker is the best Spider-Man. he taught me to be an adult

[@snilrach]

this guy is humbled!

[@ItsTheLittleThingsInLife1111]

My favorite actor!

[@kikidesign]

The fact is that anything Jake is in, I’m watching. Cause we all know that where there is Jake, there is fun 😝

[@YourGuyDan]

the first time i watched spiderman back in 2018 i remember i was so attracted to his voice and i searched for the voice actor and it turned out to be him but that was it. back in September 2020 I accidentally discovered new girl and instantly fell in love with nick and him and now Im on jake johnson interview binge

[@cookiemonster1787]

Love Jake Johnson. Can’t wait for spider-verse 2. Oh & more Hoops on Netflix

[@ColdRamenjf]

Jake and Yuri both did phenomenal as their respective spider-men

[@RMN82]

He is my favorite 🙌🏾👌🏾

[@KyloRen4238]

Jake Johnson Movies 1. Peter B. Parker - Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse 2018 2. Sgt. Vail - The Mummy 2017 3. Ronnie - Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates 2016 4. Lowery - Jurassic World 2015 5. Sebastian Cremmington - Neighbors 2014 6. Principal Dadier - 21 Jump Street 2012

[@Theashy360]

Man I want a podcast with him.

[@steffiheinz6821]

Very pleasing voice.

[@DJSmartman2]

He knew there'd be a sequel this year

[@WhosThatBird_]

Right?! Hit the nail with the five years thing. Haha

[@yoda5436]

he did get to play spiderman again, and it's amazing, it's a little different cuz hes progressed for sure and actually probably a bit closer to actual jake johnson more than likely, good movie

[@fiazrahman4552]

He’s so humble

[@1Vivi007]

Wooo! Nick Miller!

[@11thNite]

I could also see him in an intimidating but supportive step dad kinda role

[@valentinafangirling]

I love him so much ajdjsjdj he’s the cool uncle I didn’t have😭

[@majeedabdul2181]

Jake Johnson, Yuri Lowenthal, Josh Keaton. Best spidey voices

[@speedydukesgaming6079]

When all the avengers are dead and you’re the next iron man handing the baton

[@1lonelyCat]

Everybody say thank you Nick Miller.

[@DisgruntledPelican17]

I couldn't love him more

[@cameronmckelvie81]

Drinking buddies is a great beer, love it!

[@TheReck12]

If new girl ever does a reunion episode it's gonna be a pepper wood chronicles episode