Tom Holland Shares Funny Set Story With Alfred Molina On No Way Home

Tom Holland Shares Funny Set Story With Alfred Molina On No Way Home

During an appearance on Hot Ones, Tom Holland recalls a funny story about Alfred Molina that happened on the set of Spider-Man: No Way Home.

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Tom Holland Shares Funny Set Story With Alfred Molina On No Way Home

Tom Holland shares a funny story about Alfred Molina that happened on the set of Spider-Man: No Way Home. The British actor’s Spider-Man has come a long way in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since being recruited by Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) to fight in 2016’s Captain: America: Civil War. Now, the release of his third solo movie is about a week away, hitting theaters on December 17. Along with Holland, Zendaya and Jacob Batalon are returning to make up the featured Homecoming trio.

Set immediately after Far From Home, No Way Home picks up in the aftermath of Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) framing Spider-Man for his murder and releasing his secret identity to the world via J. Jonah Jameson’s (J.K. Simmons) web series, TheDailyBugle.net. In turn, Peter turns to Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to restore his secret identity through magic, but as Strange begins to cast the Spell of Forgetting, Peter starts having second thoughts. This causes it to go awry and inadvertently open a Pandora’s Box that allows past Spider-Man villains from alternate universes to enter the MCU, most prominently Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock and Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin.

During a recent appearance on the popular First We Feast show Hot Ones, in which guests are tasked with eating progressively spicier chicken wings while being interviewed, Holland shared a funny story about Molina that occurred on the Spider-Man: No Way Home set. The actor originated the role of Dr. Otto Octavius more than 15 years ago, so his mind was understandably blown by the advanced technology that goes into making MCU blockbusters today. Read Holland’s account below:

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When he was making the film, I think it was 2002 maybe. His robotic arms were puppets. They were real tangible things and they would have a guy on each one and they would puppeteer them while he was performing, so he had to work in tandem with the other four guys. On this film, technology has advanced, CGI has become so prevalent in these films. So it was amazing seeing him have a bit more freedom on set with the way he could move without having to rely on other people. We had this thing called a toothpick rig which is like a long bar almost like a crane with a platform on one end and weights on the other and they put him on that crane so they can move him around so it looks like the arms are carrying him. He absolutely loved it. But the funny thing is you’d be talking to him and he’d be attached to the rig and because he has no control over where he goes, he’d be talking to you and he’d be like, “Yeah so Tom, I’m from South London,” and then he would just suddenly disappear and he’d be like, “Oh f**cking hell mate, I’ll see you later.”

Holland previously shared an amusing anecdote about meeting Willem Dafoe on the No Way Home set for the first time as he accidentally bumped into a hooded figure, completely unaware that it was the Green Goblin actor. Holland has given plenty of love to the movie’s other legacy villain too, saying that Jamie Foxx’s Electro has one of the funniest scenes in MCU history in No Way Home. Other than this main trio, the Spider-Man movie will also see the return of Rhys Ifans’ Lizard and Thomas Haden Church’s Sandman.

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A lot has changed about blockbuster filmmaking since the release of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 in 2004. The advancement in CGI technology no longer necessitates the use of practical effects in many instances, although many viewers still prefer the increased sense of realism movies have when filmmakers decide to do everything practically. With Spider-Man: No Way Home’s release right around the corner, viewers will be able to compare and contrast the CGI tentacles director Jon Watts opted to use versus Raimi’s old-school practical effects.

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