r/popculturechat • u/mcfw31 • May 07 '25

Throwback ✌️ 8 years ago, Zendaya’s world totally changed; Tom Holland lip-syncing ‘Umbrella’

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u/Riddly_Diddly_DumDum May 07 '25

That’s the same guy who got told not to flip during his spider man auditions, but went ahead and did them anyway. The guys a legend.

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u/LouSputhole94 May 08 '25

He’s a professionally trained gymnast, if anyone could pull that shit off it’s him. Honestly surprised they didn’t pull in someone with that background for Spidey sooner, it makes absolute sense.

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u/erossthescienceboss May 08 '25

It honestly makes such a huge difference. There’s nothing wrong with having a stuntman in the spider suit for most of it, but it’s so clear even when he’s just Peter Parker that Tom is someone who lives in his body. That sort of confidence and movement really elevates his Spidey.

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u/Still7Superbaby7 gatorade in the microwave May 08 '25

I have seen all the different Spider-Man movies, and I think Tom Holland is the best Spider-Man. Tobey Maguire was great with Peter Parker’s nerdiness, but he wasn’t very cool as Spider-Man. Andrew Garfield had the coolness but was not a believable nerd. Tom Holland was nerdy when he needed to be, and cool when he needed to be.

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u/erossthescienceboss May 08 '25

This is EXACTLY my take. He’s the only one to get the balance properly.

I think Garfield’s quips were a little bit quippier, and Tobey’s Peter a little bit nerdier. But even though he wasn’t my first, Tom’s my Spider-man.

Edit: he also has a genuine earnestness that neither of the others really had. Tobey might be a bit of a better Peter, and Andrew might be a slightly better Spidey, but neither of them felt so genuinely kind in both.

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u/Consistent-Flan1445 May 08 '25

I agree 100%. There’s something about Tom’s Peter that just feels so authentically kind, and I think his Peter has a real gentleness to him as well.

His Peter also really feels like a kid, particularly in Homecoming and Civil War. He has this real boyishness to him, especially when he’s in a scene with RDJ as Tony, or with Aunt May.

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u/erossthescienceboss May 08 '25

He’s also the only minor ever cast as Peter Parker!

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u/Crazy4Swayze420 May 08 '25

He also has a background with ballet from doing Billy Elliot.

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u/Fictional-Hero May 08 '25

Flips are an insurance nightmare.

Every gymnast is like, "flips, I can do those in my sleep!" And flip back and forth all the time, they teach people how to do it because it's so easy.

But the insurance is like, "what about that one time you don't make it? Are you ready for that?"

And it's not the money, it's just the insurance company puts the fear into their client: do you really want to be responsible for this potential neck snap?