Known for his razor-sharp comic timing, Lamorne Morris proved with his Emmy-winning turn in Fargo that he is far more than just a funnyman. In a candid chat with mid-day, the actor not only had us in splits, but also revealed the intense research behind his character Robbie Robertson in Prime Video&rsquo;s Spider-Noir, his easy chemistry with <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/nicolas-cage-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Nicolas Cage</a>, and why he is still waiting on a signed poster from Robert Downey Jr.
Excerpts from the interview.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/may/Spider-Noir-a_e.jpg" alt="(L-R) Lamorne Morris and Nicolas Cage" width="1280" height="720" /> (L-R) Lamorne Morris and Nicolas Cage
This being your first superhero project, was there a moment on set when it finally hit you that you were part of the Marvel multiverse? I snuck a peek at Nick Cage&rsquo;s suit when I was getting fitted for wardrobe. They were trying to hide it from me, but couldn&rsquo;t. I just remember peeking around the corner and going, &lsquo;Oh wow, that&rsquo;s cool.&rsquo; And then it hits you. You&rsquo;re in it. This is the thing that you wanted as a kid. Just being a part of the Spider-Noir universe, I got to say, it took me back to a time when I was a kid. So that was probably the moment for me when I realised, &lsquo;Oh boy, this is it.&rsquo;
In the comics, Robbie Robertson has a traumatic history. Does the series also explore his connection with the criminal underworld? I think that&rsquo;s one of those things where you&rsquo;ll have to watch. But I can tell you, Robbie is not doing this just because [it is work]. It comes from somewhere. The more you dive into the series, you might get a better glimpse at what makes him tick.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/may/Spider-Noir_e.jpg" alt="Lamorne Morris as Robbie Robertson in &lsquo;Spider-Noir&rsquo;" width="1280" height="720" /> Lamorne Morris as Robbie Robertson &nbsp;in &lsquo;Spider-Noir&rsquo;
After getting the script, did you go through the comics for research? I did. I knew a little bit about Robbie from the late Bill Nunn in the original Spider-Man trilogy [2002-2007] directed by Sam Raimi, where he played Robbie Robertson. He was always so mysterious and you always wondered what&rsquo;s going on with the guy because he wasn&rsquo;t in it a ton. Upon doing further research, you realise that he&rsquo;s a huge part of the evolution of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/hollywood-news/article/tom-holland-calls-spider-man-brand-new-day-his-most-creatively-fulfilling-project-23614470" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Spider-Man</a>, of the newspaper Daily Bugle, of the times they&rsquo;re in, and of the way things were reported. I also came across a guy named Ted Poston, who lived a very similar life to Robbie.
Born in the early 1900s, he was a reporter for the New York Post and one of the first Black reporters in a mainstream White publication. He would uncover dark crimes in New York City and break stories that were happening in Harlem and elsewhere. Now, I don&rsquo;t know if that was part of Robbie&rsquo;s inception, but I pulled a lot from his upbringing and from how Ted Poston went about his business. He had a very &lsquo;by any means necessary&rsquo; attitude. And that&rsquo;s the same with Robbie.
How did Nicolas Cage and you work together to create that camaraderie between a reporter and a private investigator? I was nervous before I met him. I didn&rsquo;t know what to expect. So, I was careful about how I approached it because I can be a bit silly. And the cool thing about Nick is that he will match your silly. I didn&rsquo;t know that. He&rsquo;s the most prepared and giving actor that I&rsquo;ve ever worked with. So when he gets there, he already knows what he&rsquo;s going to do. But then you improvise something and you see how quick he is. He can immediately respond with something off the cuff, non-scripted because he&rsquo;s following you. And that&rsquo;s the sign of a great actor who&rsquo;s truly listening. He gave me the licence to be free.
<h2>Waiting on RDJ</h2>
During his Emmy win, Lamorne Morris expressed a desire for <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/robert-downey-jr-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Robert Downey Jr </a>to sign a poster for him. The actor says his wish is yet to be fulfilled. &ldquo;I hope he reads about it and finally brings me that signed poster. Robert, I&rsquo;ll come to your house and get it. Just text me your address.&rdquo;
<h2>&lsquo;Fargo&rsquo; changed the game</h2>
Lamorne Morris recently became the first actor in &lsquo;Fargo&rsquo; history to win an Emmy for a performance. Speaking about how the award changed his career, he said, &ldquo;I used to get mostly comedy [scripts], but now I get a mixture of both &mdash; some darker films and some that demand you carry both.&rdquo;

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