Tom Holland Wishes He’d Called Andrew Garfield After He Took Over as Spider-Man

Savas Abadsidis February 4, 2022

Tom Holland regrets not calling Andrew Garfleld after landing the role as Spider-Man.

The Hollywood Reporter: “Something I can look back on now with a little bit of clarity and regret is that I never called [Garfield] when I took over as Spider-Man,” Holland admits. “Had someone said to me after my second movie that I was done and this other kid was taking over, I would’ve been heartbroken. So looking back, I wish I had the chance to make amends with him, but this film was our opportunity. It was not only an opportunity for him to make peace with the character and the studio, but it was also an opportunity for me and him to have this moment where we realize we could share this thing. The look on his face when he saves Zendaya [MJ] is totally genuine, and I’m really proud of him.”

Holland also talks about the transition he had to made returning to play Spider-Man after playing Nathan Drake following the shooting of Uncharted.

When Holland showed up to the Spider-Man: No Way Home set in October 2020, producer Amy Pascal immediately noticed his transformation as Drake.

“Interestingly, I felt the difference more so going back to Peter,” Holland tells The Hollywood Reporter. “When we finished shooting Uncharted, I went straight from Barcelona to Atlanta to start shooting [Spider-Man: No Way Home], and I do remember [producer] Amy Pascal asking me why I was walking like a man. And she was like, ‘You don’t look the same. You’re not walking the same. There’s just something different about you.’ So with Nathan Drake, his physicality is very, very different to that of Peter Parker, and it took me a while to shape that kind of side of him.”