Asa Butterfield on Losing Spider-Man Role To Tom Holland

Not long ago Marvel Studios 7 Sony announced that Spider-Man would be part of the MCU and soon after names started to pop up, one of these was Asa Butterfield who we learned was in fact a front runner for Spidey, the role would end up going to Tom Holland soon after those rumors showed up and now Asa opes up a little about it.

“Every so often there’s a part [that you really want] and it’s a script you love, and you kind of put your heart and soul into it, and you don’t get it," Butterfield told Collider. "And it is tough and it is sh-t, but I often find that something even better comes out of it at the end. And so in the case of Spider-Man, I did [Netflix's Sex Education], because I wouldn’t have been able to do both of those at the same time.

I think as an actor and going out for roles, there’s only so much you can do and everyone’s gonna have a different take on a part and look at a character in different ways, have a different sort of performance, and you kind of have to stick with what you think," he says. "And if that isn’t necessary in line with what the director and the producers want, then it’s like, there’s nothing you can do about that. You might just not be the right person, and that’s out of your hands. And that’s something I’ve learned, something that I think is great to help me kind of get over it. Because Tom did amazing things with Peter and he had an entirely different portrayal of him and I think it’s worked so well in the universe and in that part, and I don’t think I could do it. So I think all things work out in the end.”