Warning: This post contains spoilers for Marvel’s latestSpider-Man film,Spider-Man: No Way Home.
ForTom Holland, playing Spider-Man alongside his predecessorsTobey MaguireandAndrew Garfieldwas the experience of a lifetime.
The actor, 25, reflected on filmingSpider-Man: No Way Homewith Maguire, 46, and Garfield, 38, while speaking toDeadlineWednesday.
Holland, who is the latest actor to wear the Spider-Man suit, said the new film in the franchise — which features all three Spider-Man actors in character, uniting to help Holland’s Peter Parker take on villains from across the multiverse — was “a huge celebration.”
“This movie really is a celebration of three generations of cinema,” Holland, who has played Peter/Spider-Man in six films, explained.
Holland said filmingNo Way Homecould be “incredibly emotional” and “very taxing” at times, but he ultimately was grateful for the experience.
“I was so happy to be there that I had to go at it a different way and kind of go, ‘Wow, look at my life. Look what’s happened to me,’ " Holland said. " ‘I’m working with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, and we’re telling this story.’ "
He added, “I would get emotional, kind of how proud I was of the situation that we were in and what we were doing, and that I really believed in what we were doing. So yeah, it was tough. But you know, anything hard is worthwhile. I was happy to kind of really push myself … to make this film.”
Also in the interview, Garfieldrevealedthat Maguire’s involvement inNo Way Homeconvinced him to join the film. Garfield, who previously played Peter Parker/Spider-Man in 2012 and 2014, told Deadline that he was “waiting to see ifTobeywas gonna do it.”
“If Tobey was gonna do it then I was like, ‘Well I have no choice,’ " Garfield said.
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Maguire played Peter Parker/Spider-Man three times: first in 2002, and later in follow-up films in 2004 and 2007.
Spider-Man: No Way Homefirst premiered in theaters last month, and has sincebecome one of the top 10 highest grossing filmsof all time at the domestic box office. The superhero film has grossed an estimated $722 million and counting, according toBox Office Mojo.
source: people.com
