Tom Holland Said He Has Regrets Over The Way He Handled Replacing Andrew Garfield As Spider-Man And Admitted He Got Too “Caught Up In Getting The Role”

Tom Holland is reflecting on how he might have handled taking Andrew Garfield's place as Spider-Man in 2015 incorrectly.

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First, though, a brief overview of Spider-Man's past.The Spider-Man franchise was brought back to life on the big screen with three films starring Tobey Maguire that were released in 2002,

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2004, and 2007 following Sony's 1999 acquisition of the character's rights.Five years later,

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with the release of the first Amazing Spider-Man movie in 2012 and a second in 2014, Andrew Garfield became the second person to don the iconic Spidey outfit.It was assumed that,

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similar to what they had done with Tobey, Sony would head at least three Amazing Spider-Man films with Andrew in the lead role.But in the end, this was not to

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The box office and reviews for the two Amazing Spider-Man films that were released were disappointing. Additionally,

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Andrew publicly criticized the movies even while he was still considered for the part,

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charging that the company had ruined "the thread" of the franchise by removing "deep scenes."

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