Robert Downey Jr. helped save Tom Holland's MCU debut as Spider-Man: "Where did all of the kid's lines go?"
Oct. 22, 2024“I owe that to him”
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Tom Holland’s first scene in the MCU was initially substantially cut down – but his co-star and scene partner Robert Downey Jr. fought to save it.
“When I got to set after I got the gig, my scene had been cut down significantly from what I did in the audition. It was now maybe two pages,” Holland told theRich Roll podcast, explaining that he’d read eight pages of dialogue in his audition. “Downey piped up: ‘Where did all of the kid’s lines go?'”
“Downey was the one who said, ‘No, you’re going to want to spend time on this. Let’s shoot the whole thing from the audition. You can always cut it, but you’re going to want to have it,'” he continued. “And they used all of it. I owe that to him. That’s really cool. I’d love to one day do that… If I’m lucky to bring Miles Morales into the MCU, I’d love to do for a young kid what Downey did for me.”
Meanwhile, Downey Jr. and the Russos will reunite for the next Avengers movie,Avengers: Doomsday. Downey Jr. will take on a new role in the franchise as Doctor Doom – but just exactly how that will play out remains to be seen.
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