Tom Holland Says SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Is "Not Fun, It's Going to Be Brutal"
It sounds like Marvel and Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man: No Way Home movie is going to be much darker than the films that have previously been released. The Spider-Man films that have been set in the MCU have been fun, and I expected to see that in this next film, but according to Tom Holland, that’s not going to be the case. During a recent interview with Total Film / Games Radar, the actor explained that the movie is going to be kind of a downer:
"What people will be really surprised about is that it’s not fun, this film. It’s dark and it’s sad, and it’s going to be really affecting. You’re going to see characters that you love go through things that you would never wish for them to go through. And I was just really excited to kind of lean into that side of Peter Parker.
"Peter Parker is always someone who’s looking up. He’s always really positive. He’s always like, 'I can fix this. I can do this.' Whereas in this film, he feels like he’s met his match. He’s like, 'I don’t know what to do.' That was an aspect of the character that I’d never seen before, and I was really, really excited to try to tackle.
"I haven’t seen the film yet but I’ve seen pieces of the film, and it’s the best work we’ve ever done. It’s the best Spider-Man film that we’ve ever made. I really don’t think fans are at all ready for what they’ve put together. I know that I’m not ready, and I know that it’s going to be brutal."
I’m really intrigued by these comments, and I’m curious to see what exactly this film entails. Fans are expecting so much from this film, and Kevin Feige has warned that the film might not meet those expectations. I’m keeping my expectations in check, all I’m hoping for is that we get another great Spider-Man story.
The upcoming movie sees Peter Parker team up with Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange as they find themselves in a wild multiverse adventure after Peter asks Strange to make people forget that he’s Spider-Man. As you’ve seen in the trailer, things go terribly wrong while Strange is trying to conduct the spell.
A poster was recently released that teased the return of Alfred Molina's Doc Ock, Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin, Jamie Foxx's Electro and Thomas Haden Church’s Sandman.
The movie is being directed by Jon Watts, and the cast also includes Zendaya as MJ, Jacob Batalon as Ned, Marisa Tomei as Aunt May, Tony Revolori as Flash, and Hannibal Buress as Coach Wilson.
Spider-Man: No Way Home hits theaters on December 17, 2021.