Russo brothers say they fought Sony to cast Tom Holland as Spider-Man - Entertainment Weekly

"We were relentless in our pursuit of jamming him down the throat of the studio," Joe Russo told British GQ.

Captain America: Civil War directors Anthony and Joe Russo say they had to fight Sony, which owns the film rights to Spider-Man, to cast their future Cherry star as Peter Parker.

So we brought [Holland] back, brought him back, brought him back, and we were relentless in our pursuit of jamming him down the throat of the studio who owns this IP.

Sony was also apparently skeptical about casting such a young actor as the web-slinging hero (Holland was just 19 when he was cast).

"It was the first time Spider-Man had ever been cast as an actual teenager, right?" Anthony Russo said.