Tom Holland Ignored His Agent’s Advice Not to Improvise During ‘Spider-Man’ Audition - IndieWire

Tom Holland as Spider-Man in “Avengers: Infinity War”.

During a discussion with Daniel Kaluuya as part of Variety’s “Actors on Actors” video series, Holland looked back at the “terrible” audition process for Marvel, one that lasted seven months and six separate auditions.

Advised by his agent not to improvise during a screen test, Holland ended up making things up after his audition scene partner Robert Downey Jr.

“Eventually I got a screen test in Atlanta with six other kids and [Robert Downey Jr.] was there.

I learned the words exactly, and then on the first take Downey just changed the scene completely, so we started riffing with each other.”.

to tell her he was confident he would get the part as it was the best audition of his career, but six weeks went by without a word!

When Marvel finally called, it was for another audition, this time a fight test opposite Chris Evans.

It said, ‘We would like to introduce our new Spider-Man, Tom Holland.’ I broke my computer, because I flipped it up in the air.