‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Early Cut ‘Took Notes From Random People’ at Test Screenings and ‘We Hated It,’ Says Tom Holland: ‘It Totally Didn’t Work’

Jul 30, 2026 2:32pm PT ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Early Cut ‘Took Notes From Random People’ at Test Screenings and ‘We Hated It,’ Says Tom Holland: ‘It Totally Didn’t Work’

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Tom Holland said in an interview with Quotable on the “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” press tour that one of the worst cuts he saw of the movie was shaped by test screenings.

“We’ve seen loads of different cuts of this movie, and one of the cuts, they took all of the notes from all of the random people [at test screenings] who saw the film,” Holland said. “And then they changed the movie, and we watched it, and we hated it. It totally didn’t work. It was what the people were asking for, but it wasn’t quite what we wanted as the creatives. But they learned lessons from that experience, so a movie can change in a thousand different ways in the edit room.”

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