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Tom Holland Says Robert Downey Jr. Saved His MCU Debut After Scene Was “Cut Down Significantly”


After his scene was "significantly cut down" from eight pages, Tom Holland says Robert Downey Jr. "piped up" for him on 'Captain America: Civil War'.

If I’d be lucky enough to somehow bring Miles Morales into my Spider-Man universe and into the MCU, I’d love to do for a young kid what Downey did for me.” It needs work but the writers are doing a great job and I read it three weeks ago and it really lit a fire in me,” he said. Holland says he owes it to MCU fans to “deliver the best version of what the next chapter for Spider-Man looks like,” adding: “We’re working now with the pedal to the metal.

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