Lukas Haas On Going Hardboiled For Nicolas Cage’s ‘Spider-Noir’

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentLukas Haas On Going Hardboiled For Nicolas Cage’s ‘Spider-Noir’ByJosh Weiss,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Josh Weiss is a writer covering the nexus of pop culture and Judaism.Follow AuthorMay 28, 2026, 03:34pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Winston (Lukas Haas) in SPIDER-NOIR.Courtesy of Aaron Epstein/PrimeEvery good film noir villain needs a trustworthy henchmen with an overt lack of moral fortitude to carry out their dirty work. The Maltese Falcon’s Kasper Gutman has Wilmer Cook, Chinatown’s Noah Cross has the guy who slices up Jake Gittes’ nose like a Christmas ham, and Spider-Noir’s Silvermane has Winston.The new Marvel series from Spider-Verse 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 city’s 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 (Inception, Babylon). “He’s basically Silvermane’s consigliere,” Haas recently told me over Zoom, using a term that should be recognizable to any Godfather fan out there. “He’s super-loyal, trying to protect his boss, and also trying to take initiative."MORE FOR YOUHaas is no stranger to hardboiled filmmaking, having played a similar character in Rian Johnson’s noir-inspired directorial debut Brick. While he tri...