Tom Holland's spontaneity and incredible chemistry with co-stars have created some of the most memorable moments in cinema. Join us as we explore the unscripted magic that made it to the final cut, showcasing Holland's natural talent and improvisational skills across his most iconic roles.
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00:00Oh my god, you have so many apps open, what is wrong with you?
00:05Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the best ad-libbed lines
00:10and improvised scenes from actor Tom Holland. There will be a few spoilers ahead, but be honest,
00:15we know you've already seen all these movies. I don't feel so good.
00:21You're alright.
00:23Number 10, Peter's Introduction, Captain America Civil War.
00:27This important scene has a cool story behind it. During the audition process for the MCU's
00:32Spider-Man, Tom Holland went through a screen test with Robert Downey Jr.
00:35It was all these screen tests, and I got to meet Tom while he was in the final run-in there.
00:41God, I don't want to jump the gun. Uh, no, I'm ready, I'm ready.
00:44Okay.
00:45Yeah, I love adventure.
00:47Although Holland had been advised to learn his lines exactly,
00:50RDJ immediately started improvising, and Holland played along.
00:54Obviously it worked and he got the part.
00:55What are you, what are you, what are you doing here?
00:57It's about time we met. Let me get my emails right.
00:59When it came time to actually film Peter's first scene,
01:02the two discovered that Holland's lines had been cut down considerably in the script.
01:06Downey insisted that the kids should get more lines,
01:09and suggested that the two improvise as they had in the audition.
01:12And the Russos sort of said, well, look, you know, this is already a 140-page script,
01:16like we can't, um, spend too much time on this. And Downey was the one that was like,
01:21no, no, no, you're going to want to spend some time on this.
01:23The result is this pitch-perfect introduction,
01:26which captures both actors' charm and natural chemistry.
01:32This film has a much darker tone than Holland's MCU movies.
01:36It follows Cherry and Emily, two young people who are deeply in love,
01:40as Cherry struggles through PTSD after serving in Iraq.
01:43I didn't sleep. When I did, I dreamt of violence.
01:49He turns to prescription pills and later illegal drugs to cope with his trauma,
01:53and Emily joins him in his downward spiral.
01:56This scene represents the moment just before everything goes bad.
01:59I wish I never told you I was leaving.
02:08For Montreal.
02:10Reportedly, it was originally planned to be much shorter,
02:13but the two actors started improvising and the Russo brothers kept the cameras rolling.
02:18It turned into a sweet moment in which Cherry and Emily
02:20reminisce about the early days of their relationship.
02:23But I'm okay with that.
02:30Yeah.
02:35Me too.
02:38It makes the terrible things that follow that much more jarring by contrast.
02:47The bromance between Holland and Jake Gyllenhaal on the set of this movie became legendary.
02:52In fact, the two got along so well that it bled into their on-screen relationship too.
03:09Director John Watts gave the pair some freedom to improvise while filming.
03:12This resulted in a much warmer dynamic between their characters than was originally planned.
03:22It's a hard path.
03:23You see things, you do things, you make choices.
03:28People look up to you.
03:31Even if you win a battle, sometimes they die.
03:33Peter looks up to Mysterio much like Holland looks up to Gyllenhaal.
03:37It makes it easy to understand why Peter eventually hands over Tony Stark's glasses.
03:41It also makes the revelation that Mysterio is a villain that much more shocking.
03:45I thought we were close.
03:48Fury always had to die, but not you.
03:51Stop hiding, Beck!
03:55I tried to help you walk away.
03:57Now you're making me do this.
04:02One of the reasons the MCU has been so successful
04:05is that most of the movies have plenty of comedy to go along with the action.
04:09We're boyfriend and girlfriend now.
04:11Whatever happened to being an American bachelor in Europe?
04:14Peter, those were the words of a boy.
04:17And that boy met a woman.
04:19A very strong and powerful woman.
04:22And now that boy is a man.
04:24In this scene in Venice, Spider-Man attempts to prevent a bell tower from toppling
04:29while Mysterio fights the water elemental.
04:31The physical gag that sees Peter repeatedly smack his head into the giant bell
04:35wasn't in the original script.
04:46It's over!
04:48Holland later revealed that he and his brother came up with the idea together.
04:52They showed it to John Watts, who loved it.
04:54Yeah, my brother Harry and I pieced that together.
04:57Well, I say we pieced it together.
04:58We, like, came up with an idea and pre-vised it.
05:01And when I say we pre-vised it, we shot it on my phone.
05:04Yeah, but he liked it.
05:05Yeah, right.
05:06Yeah, the whole, like, banging into the thing
05:08and then sliding and then banging into it again.
05:10That was awesome.
05:11It's a delightful bit of humor amidst the excitement of the battle.
05:17Number six, The Rooftop, Spider-Man, No Way Home.
05:21Holland bonded with the other two Spider-Men in this film
05:23much like he did with Jake Gyllenhaal in the previous one.
05:26Where are you using your talcum powder?
05:28I'm not really using talcum powder.
05:29Oh, okay.
05:30That's how I started off, was actually talcum powder, yeah.
05:33On Civil War, I was full talcum powder.
05:36Did you?
05:36I did, yeah.
05:38After a while, at first I didn't, with the...
05:41First I didn't.
05:43Wham!
05:44The brotherly dynamic comes across so strongly on screen
05:47that it's hard to believe it wasn't planned.
05:49One of the most poignant scenes where it shows up
05:51is on the rooftop after Aunt May dies.
05:53I'm sorry about May.
06:01Yeah, sorry.
06:04It's the first conversation Peter has
06:05with the alternate universe versions of himself.
06:08No one knows what he's going through better than they do.
06:11John Watts allowed the actors to improvise most of the scene,
06:14and the two older Spideys naturally started sharing
06:16their own experiences and comforting the younger one.
06:20She told me there was a great power.
06:24Comes great responsibility.
06:31Wait, what? How do you know that?
06:33Uncle Ben said it, the day he died.
06:37The day he died.
06:40It is a powerful testament to the talent of these three actors.
06:47It seems like Tom Holland becomes best friends
06:50with everyone he works with.
06:51That was certainly the case with Mark Wahlberg
06:53on the set of Uncharted.
06:54Yeah, I'll come with you.
06:55Really?
06:56What?
06:57Well, that was quick.
06:58What are you talking about?
06:59What, are you just gonna follow her down there like a puppy dog?
07:01What, you want me to come with you, hold your hand?
07:02The two had instant chemistry,
07:04and that translated into a lot of hilarious banter
07:07between their characters that wasn't in the script.
07:09Director Ruben Fleischer was happy to let them do it,
07:12since it produced some of the funniest dialogue in the movie.
07:14Then what's with the cat?
07:16Oh, the cat? She's just for you.
07:18What?
07:19Yeah, life seems super sad.
07:21The relationship between Nate and Sully
07:23is at the heart of both the video game and the film,
07:26and with two leading men like these in the roles,
07:29it was guaranteed box office gold.
07:31But it was a lot of fun,
07:32and we very quickly got into a rhythm
07:34in which we knew how to push each other's buttons
07:37and how to bring out the best in each other
07:40from a humor point of view.
07:46When you're playing opposite the king of improv,
07:48Robert Downey Jr.,
07:49all you can do is try to keep up.
07:51Now he wants to run.
07:52Great.
07:53I want to protect the stone.
07:54And I want you to thank me now.
07:56Go ahead, I'm listening.
07:57During the scene,
07:58Tony, Strange, and Peter are trapped aboard Ebony Maw's spaceship,
08:02and Tony is none too pleased that Peter is there.
08:04As he and Strange argue,
08:06Peter pipes up trying to be helpful.
08:08I'm back up.
08:08No, you're still away.
08:10The adults are talking.
08:11Holland ad-libbed the perfectly timed backup line,
08:14and without missing a beat,
08:15RDJ improvised an impeccable response.
08:18Scenes like this prove that when you have a cast
08:20of brilliantly talented actors,
08:22sometimes the best thing you can do
08:24is toss the script out the window.
08:26Good moral compass.
08:28Restrain.
08:30You're a kid.
08:34You're an Avenger now.
08:35Number three,
08:36The Meme,
08:37Spider-Man No Way Home.
08:38This entire film was basically fan service
08:41for longtime Spidey lovers,
08:42and the cast and crew knew they had to fit
08:44the famous Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man meme in somewhere.
08:47That man's an imposter.
08:49That man is the imposter.
08:50However,
08:51it took them a while to figure out the right place for it.
08:54Andrew Garfield takes credit with coming up with the idea
08:56to put it into this scene in the chemistry lab,
08:58and it couldn't have turned out better.
09:10It feels natural enough that it doesn't take you out of the moment.
09:13Instead,
09:14it's a nice Easter egg for attentive viewers.
09:26Number two,
09:27The Hug,
09:28Spider-Man Homecoming.
09:29It's no surprise that Holland's best unscripted moments
09:32happen alongside Robert Downey Jr.
09:46After all,
09:46in order for an ad-lib to make it into the final cut,
09:49the co-stars have to react appropriately,
09:51and no one does it better than RDJ.
09:53The scene in which Peter spontaneously hugs Tony in the back of the car
09:57is one of the funniest moments in Homecoming.
10:03Once again,
10:04Holland came up with the idea,
10:06and Downey improvised the perfect response.
10:08Believe it or not,
10:09this isn't the only improvised hug in a Spider-Man movie.
10:13The three-way hug at the end of No Way Home was also unscripted.
10:16It was based on a real-life moment the actor shared
10:19that the director decided to add to the film.
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10:41Number one,
10:42I Don't Wanna Go,
10:43Avengers Infinity War.
10:45It's pretty widely agreed that this is the most incredible unscripted moment in the MCU.
10:57According to co-director Joe Russo,
11:01he simply told Holland to act like he didn't want to go.
11:04Holland took the direction literally,
11:06and it turned into this absolutely gut-wrenching scene.
11:09Amazingly,
11:10the parallel scene of Tony's death in Avengers Endgame was also improvised.
11:14We won, Mr. Stark.
11:19We won, Mr. Stark.
11:22We won, you did it, sir, you did it.
11:26The cast was given no script at all
11:28and was simply encouraged to do whatever felt right.
11:31That's putting a lot of faith in your actors.
11:33The fact that it turned out so perfectly
11:35is proof that this group is among the best of the best.
11:39It was a really, really interesting way to shoot
11:41such a kind of pivotal scene of the movie.
11:43Which unscripted moment is your favorite?
11:45Let us know in the comments.
11:46It's too larby?
11:49Not larby enough.
11:51How many times do I have to say larb before you talk to me?
11:56You know I larb you.
11:58I'm just stressed the internship and I'm tired.
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