Tom Holland: “Spider-Man: No Way Home’s not fun – it’s going to be brutal”

Related Articles

Gremlins director claims Star Wars “stole” Gizmo design for Baby Yoda

July 15, 2022

Avatar 2 release date, trailer, cast, sequels, and more

July 15, 2022

Thor: Love and Thunder post-credits scenes: How many are there? Do they set up a sequel?

July 15, 2022

Spider-Man: No Way Home won’t be like the other Spider-Man movies. Where Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home were both relatively light-hearted, the upcoming sequel promises to be much darker.

“What people will be really surprised about is that it’s not fun, this film,” Tom Hollands tells Total Film in the new issue of the magazine, featuring Scream on the cover. “It’s dark and it’s sad, and it’s going to be really affecting. You’re going to see characters that you love go through things that you would never wish for them to go through. And I was just really excited to kind of lean into that side of Peter Parker. 

“Peter Parker is always someone who’s looking up. He’s always really positive. He’s always like, ‘I can fix this. I can do this.’ Whereas in this film, he feels like he’s met his match. He’s like, ‘I don’t know what to do.’ That was an aspect of the character that I’d never seen before, and I was really, really excited to try to tackle. 

“I haven’t seen the film yet but I’ve seen pieces of the film, and it’s the best work we’ve ever done. It’s the best Spider-Man film that we’ve ever made. I really don’t think fans are at all ready for what they’ve put together. I know that I’m not ready, and I know that it’s going to be brutal.”

Holland also spoke about “three generations” of Spider-Man movies coming together thanks to the inclusion of various villains from throughout the franchise. And that’s only the tip of the iceberg from our Holland interview, which also features the actor chatting further about No Way Home, out December 17, plus the Uncharted movie and so much more. 

Make sure you pick up a copy of the new issue of Total Film magazine (opens in new tab) when it hits shelves (real-world and digital) from Thursday, November 11. Check out the covers below.

(opens in new tab)

And if you’re a fan of Total Film, why not subscribe (opens in new tab) so that you never miss an issue? You’ll save money on the magazine, you’ll get it before it hits shops, *and* you’ll get exclusive, subscriber-only cover like the Scream one below. Don’t miss out on another incredible cover that’s not available in stores…

(opens in new tab)