Tom Holland told Amy Poehler on the latest episode of the “Good Hang” podcast that acting alongside his partner Zendaya is a “lifeline” and “I couldn’t imagine doing what I do without her.” The two A-list stars have worked together in four “Spider-Man” movies, including this summer’s “Brand New Day.” They will also both appear in Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.”
According to Holland, the duo had an “amazing moment” on the set of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” when they mutually acknowledged that a scene they were filming just wasn’t working. He explained that it was “only because of our relationship that” he had the courage to check in with Zendaya to make sure they both agreed the scene needed to be rewritten and reshot.
“We shot my coverage. Now we’re doing her coverage, and I would never ever dream of saying this to an actress that I wasn’t with. So I said, ‘Do you think that this scene is working?’ And she was like, ‘No. I don’t think the scene is working at all,'” Holland said. “I went to the producers and asked, ‘Do you think the scene is working?’ They said, ‘No,’ and I said, ‘Yeah, me and Z are really not feeling it.'”
Holland and Zendaya then took their concerns to the film’s director, Destin Daniel Cretton, saying: “Hey, man, listen, I know we’ve been shooting for hours and I hate to tell you this, but I just, I don’t think that this scene is working. What we’re supposed to feel, we’re not feeling it in the moment.'”
