Tom Holland revealed how he drunkenly helped Sony and Disney reach a new deal to continue co-producing Spider-Man films.
Towards the end of the summer, fans were disappointed to learn that Sony and Disney were unable to reach an agreement to continue co-producing Spider-Man films. While Tom Holland’s wall-crawler would have been pulled from the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a result, Sony and Disney were later able to resume negotiations and agreed to co-produce at least one more Spider-Man film while also including the webhead another MCU movie.
In October, Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed that Tom Holland played key role in getting the negotiations with Sony to resume after the Spider-Man star reached out to him over the phone. During an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Tom Holland confirmed Bob Iger’s story but noted that he initially wanted to simply thank the Disney CEO for giving him the chance to portray Spider-Man:
“I asked if I could get Bob’s email, ’cause I just wanted to say, ‘thank you.’ […] I got his email, I sent him the email, and then he responded very quickly saying, ‘I’d love to jump on the phone with you at some point. When are you free?’ And you don’t give Bob Iger a schedule. You’re like, ‘whenever, Bob!'”
However, Tom Holland noted that he received the fateful phone call from the Disney CEO while having more than a few drinks at a local pub on trivia night. Fortunately, Tom Holland was still able to help get the ball rolling on the negotiations between Disney and Sony that eventually led to a new Spider-Man agreement:
“I get a phone call from an unknown number, and I have a feeling like, I think this is Bob Iger… but I’m drunk. […] But I basically just said, ‘thank you for the opportunity’ and then he said, ‘there is a world where we can make this work.’ And then there was a bunch of phone calls back and forth from Tom Rothman, he was really instrumental in the process.”
Tom Holland also confirmed the Disney CEO’s claim that he cried during the phone call, saying, “I did. I was really emotional ’cause I felt like it was all coming to an end.”
Tom Holland most recently portrayed the wall-crawler in Sony and Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Far From Home:
Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever.
Directed by Jon Watts from a script written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, Spider-Man: Far From Home stars Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revolori, Martin Starr, Numan Acar, J.B. Smoove, Oli Hill, Remy Hii, Marisa Tomei, Michael Keaton, Jon Favreau, Cobie Smulders, and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.
Spider-Man: Far From Home is now available on Digital HD, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-Ray, and DVD.
Source: Jimmy Kimmel Live