Tom Holland has said that the ending to Spider-Man: No Way Home was re-written on set, during the filming of the finale itself.
Talking to GQ, Holland explained that when shooting the finale of the upcoming third Spider-Man MCU film he felt that the script wasn’t up to scratch. “I kept stopping and being like, ‘I’m so sorry, I just don’t believe what I’m saying.’ ” he said.
Behind the camera, Holland spoke with director Jon Watts about his issues with the script. “We sat down, we went through it, and we came up with a new idea,” Holland revealed. “Then we pitched it to the writers, they rewrote it, and it works great.”
Such a last-minute rewrite appears to have been just one of many, with GQ reporting that No Way Home was rewritten on an “almost daily basis”. Holland told the outlet that “You could ask the director, ‘What happens in act three?’ And his response would be, ‘I’m still trying to figure it out,’ ”
Holland’s confidence to fight back against a script he felt unhappy with has apparently come from years of development and advice from fellow Marvel actors. “I actually learned this from Elizabeth Olsen,” he said. “She gave me an amazing piece of advice: ‘No’ is a full sentence. ‘No’ is enough.”
A new Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer recently landed, full of characters from across the Spider-Man multiverse. The Brazilian trailer includes a very interesting mistake that could point to a very cool eventuality for the story. And if you want more Spider-Man, then Disney plans to deliver with a new animated show on Disney+.
Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.