Tom Holland found out he was Spider-Man from the internet, just like the rest of us jerks
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Tom Holland’s everyman appeal is fairly undeniable; it’s a big part of what made the British actor such a convincing spin on Marvel’s most hapless hero, Peter Parker. We can now add another data point to Holland’s “He’s just like regular folks!” credentials: The revelation that he found out that he’d been cast as Spider-Man the same way the rest of us did: By reading a blog post on Marvel.com
This comes from a recent interview Holland did with fellow MCU alum Daniel Kaluuya (currently starring in the upcoming Judas And The Black Messiah) as part of Variety’s Actors On Actors interview series. Amidst talking about his golf game and Kaluuya’s movie-viewing habits, Holland revealed the unlikely way he found out he’d gotten the role he’d spent the past year of his life auditioning for, i.e., seeing Marvel post about it on Instagram, and then clicking through to a blog with his face on it.
Given what a life-changing role it’s been, it’s hard to fault Holland for what he did next: Flip his computer off his bed, scare his dog, and then run down to tell his family—including his brother, who dubbed the whole thing so unlikely that he assumed it was part of the then-rampant Sony hacking scandal. But, no: Marvel really did tell the entire world before they told Holland, presumably because you can only get Mark Ruffalo’d on these big movie secrets so many times.
You can view the rest of the interview, which also sees Holland and Kaluuya reflect on Cherry, Fred Hampton, Ryan Coogler, and more, over at Variety.
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Coincidentally, I found out through the internet I was NOT going to be the next Batman.
You are in the queue but unfortunate accidents would have to take out the 43,500 actors ahead of you first.
s/internet/restraining order
about a hundred people are about to wonder if they’re at least a LITTLE queer right now:
The dancing and *commitment* to the dancing was jaw dropping!Zendaya’s reactions were priceless!But the actual lip syncing itself was … not great, Bob
hard to know when somebody can’t have a monitor in their ear if the timing will be right, dancing hard fucks with that, which is a problem when people think you are singing for some reason (ahembritney) but…to be clear…he did not get the memo that you’re supposed to lipsynch in such a way that you are at least supposed to make it look like you think other people will think you are singing.it’s the dancing. it’s some of the best I have ever seen, no joke.
Oh, was he lip syncing? I did not notice that. I should probably watch it again.
This is one of my go to videos for when I need to cheer myself up.
I don’t mean to brag, but I’m next up for Spiderman Turn Off the Dark.
You’re lying.You totally mean to brag.
I wonder if this is because the message saying he was cast went to Fright Night director Tom Holland instead.Or … what if it was meant to have been him instead all along?
They had him pegged as loose lipped from the start, no surprise they didn’t want him leaking spoilers.
To their surprise they later realized that, as with all British men, he has no lips.
Mm watcha say?
Wow this was a funny story several years ago.
Tom Holland is Spider-man? I better get some pictures of Tom Holland for J. Jonah Jameson!