Tom Holland's Spider-Man: Brand New Day opens in theatres on Thursday, four years after No Way Home hit theatres. With the anticipation and excitement surrounding the film sky-high, early reviews are already hailing the superhero film for its set pieces and action. However, there was a version of the film that the actor "hated" before the makers changed it.
Holland recently recalled that he and his co-stars have seen many "different cuts" of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, one of which they "hated". "One of the cuts was, they took all of the notes from all of the random people that saw the film, and they changed the movie. And then, we watched it and we hated it," he said, explaining reasons why it "totally didn't work."
"It's what the people were asking for, but it wasn't quite what we wanted as the creatives. But they learned lessons from that experience. So, a movie can change in a thousand different ways in the edit room," he added.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day will begin on the heels of the previous film, Spider-Man: No Way Home, which ended with Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) casting a spell over the world, to make everyone forget Peter Parker (Tom Holland), in order to protect his identity as Spider-Man. This includes his close friends MJ and Ned (Zendaya and Jacob Batalon). Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the film is his second MCU project after Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
The film's logline reads, "It’s a brand new day for Peter Parker. Fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world that doesn’t remember him—and the pressure of seeing his old friends move on without him—sparks a change in Peter he may not have the power to control. But that transformation might also be the only thing that can stop a shocking new threat to the city and those he loves – a powerful villain no one can even see. The world may have forgotten Peter Parker, but he hasn’t forgotten them."
Besides Holland, Zendaya and Batalon, the film also stars Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/The Punisher, while Mark Ruffalo will return as Bruce Banner/The Hulk. Along with Ruffalo, Michael Mando, who was seen in an end credits scene for Spider-Man: Homecoming, will reprise his role as the villain Scorpion. Liza Colon-Zayas, known for The Bear, Tramell Tillman (Severance) and Marvin Jones III (Tombstone) are also part of the cast. The role of Sadie Sink, who plays a key character in the movie, has been kept a secret.