Tom Holland And Jon Bernthal Auditioned Together To Land 'Spider-Man' And 'The Punisher' Roles
Between shooting scenes for Pilgrimage in Ireland, co-stars Tom Holland and Jon Bernthal created audition tapes featuring them both together in order to land the roles of Spider-Man and The Punisher...
In their quest to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Tom Holland and Jon Bernthal went to some very interesting lengths. Talking to New York Daily News recently, the Daredevil star confirmed that they shot some audition scenes together to send in to Marvel in a bid to convince them they were the right choices to play Spider-Man and Frank Castle. "We were making tapes from Ireland in the process of getting him cast in Spider-Man and then he and I made a tape for The Punisher," the actor explains. "During this independent movie that we did in Ireland we were constantly making tapes for Marvel — just acting together. These tapes definitely do exist, you can call Marvel and ask for it, but that’s like breaking into Fort Knox."
That means there are actually tapes out there featuring scenes between Spider-Man and The Punisher, and if Marvel don't chuck those into the Phase 3 box set a few years from now, there really is no justice in the world! Will we ever get to see these two very different characters meet in the MCU? That remains to be seen, but it would definitely be a lot of fun. For now, we can look forward to seeing Holland in Captain America: Civil War and Bernthal in Daredevil season two.
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