Before Tom Holland bagged the role for Spider-Man, Asa Butterfield was among the frontrunners for the role. However, the actor eventually lost the role to Tom and the former shot to fame with his role in Sex Education.
Tom debut as Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War (2016) and he has become a synonym to Spider-Man while Asa stayed tight-lipped about losing out on the role.
But the actor has now opened up about the loss and said Tom did a good job at essaying the role. Speaking with Collider, Asa confessed he might have not done as good a job as Tom. "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.
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