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The Unbelievable Way Tom Holland Learned He Was Cast As Spiderman · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Tom Hollins played Spider
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Speaker 1: Man since and he was pretty aware if he got
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Speaker 1: the gig it would be life changing. Tom just told
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Speaker 1: Variety the audition process was brutal, with seven months of
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Speaker 1: tryouts and lots of waiting and wondering in between e step.
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Speaker 1: But a big moment came when he was flown to
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Speaker 1: Atlanta to do a screen test with Iron Man himself,
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Speaker 1: Robert Downey Jr. Along with six other finalists. Tom recalls,
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Speaker 1: my agents had told me Marvel likes you to learn
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Speaker 1: the words exactly, you can't improvise at all. Then on
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Speaker 1: the very first take, Downey completely changed the scene. So
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Speaker 1: we started riffing with each other and it went so well.
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Speaker 1: Not to be boastful, but I ranged my mom after
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Speaker 1: and told her I think I got it. After weeks
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Speaker 1: of not hearing, Tom began to assume he didn't get
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Speaker 1: the job, especially when he saw Marvel announced on Instagram
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Speaker 1: that they've cast Spidy. But he went to the website anyway,
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Speaker 1: and out of curiosity, he saw his picture and was shot.
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Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood