Tom Holland, who rose to fame as Spider-Man with Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Civil War in 2016, has been a controversial casting decision for the studios.
Multiple media outlets broke the news in June of 2015 that Holland would be taking on the mantle from Andrew Garfield as the next web-slinger for the cinematic universe.
The next day, social media erupted with fans lashing out at the casting. However, Marvel did not pay heed to the backlash and went with their decision. With more appearances of Holland in MCU films, fans started to see his potential.
But, he could not impress one man who dissed his iteration. It was none other than the internet sensation – Andrew Tate, and he backed his claims on why he wasn’t happy about the casting.
Andrew Tate Hates Tom Holland’s Spider-Man Casting
Tate, who is a retired professional kickboxer, became a social media sensation over the past couple of years with his views on feminism, hustling, psychology, and perseverance. Over the years, he has interacted on various matters with famous interviewers like Tucker Carlson and Piers Morgan.
In an interview once, Marvel Studios ended up on his radar. More so than the studios, Tom Holland’s casting as the Spider-Man took a verbal beating.
“I want to know what happened to all our action heroes. Remember in the eighties, you had Seagal, Stallone, and Arnie [Arnold Schwarzenegger]… you had all these big strong men. Look at the modern [Marvel] action heroes, look at who they choose to play, ‘heroes.’”
According to him, Marvel’s casting of Holland as a “geek” hero isn’t what people should look up to. He said that boys need to look up to strong men.
Andrew Tate Calls Tom Holland’s Spider-Man A Dork
Tate has often, during his interviews, called out young men to be more in touch with their masculinity. He quoted the eighties’ action heroes to remind people that these high-budget franchises are not doing justice to their casting.
Quoting the veteran stars, Tate said –
“Nobody told them what to do. They were big, and they were muscly, and they were brave. And this is what boys looked up to… to become a man. Look at the ‘Dork,’ the last guy [Holland] who played Spider-Man. He looks, like a ‘geek.’ How the f-ck is Spider-Man, a geek?”
Andrew Tate backed his statements by comparing the figures who often performed their own stunts in the ‘80s vs. stars like Tom Holland who are at the mercy of digital effects.
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