Robert Downey Jr. stopped Tom Holland’s lines getting cut in first Spider-Man scene: “You’re going to want to spend time on this”
nme.comTom Holland has revealed that Robert Downey Jr. stopped some of his lines from his first ever scene as Spider-Man from being cut.Holland first stepped into the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, sharing his first scene with Downey Jr as Iron Man.“When I had to take my mark and do my scene with Downey, it was really overwhelming,” Holland said on the Rich Roll Podcast. “I am very grateful to Downey.
When I did my [screen test], it was eight pages of dialogue. It was a long scene. It went great. I was told by my agent to learn the lines exactly.“When I did my first take with Downey, he just started improvising everything and changing it all.
That gave me license to follow him. You can’t beat Downey, but you can ride his coattails. And those are good coattails to ride.
I just followed his lead and we improvised. I thought after that I audition that I got it. It went so well.”However, filmmakers the Russo Brothers made some extensive cuts when the scene was meant to be filmed. “When I got to set after I got the gig, my scene had been cut down significantly from what I did in the audition.
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