People pursuing an acting career in Hollywood want as many auditions as possible. Whether it’s part of a network sitcom or characters from a major film franchise, along with everything in between, the roles and projects that make them realize they read themselves differently. When it comes to the large franchise, being cast in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is already a major milestone, but taking part in a standalone film featuring Spider-Man’s most famous Marvel superheroes somehow is on another level.
By the time Spider-Man: Homecoming shook theatres, Tom Holland had already made his big screen debut as MCU Peter Parker in Captain America: The Civil War. The Netherlands’ first standalone outing as a webhead was an adult film that evoked the inventive classic vibe of John Hughes. Given the high school environment, we meet Peter’s classmates at Midtown School of Science and Technology, including his best friend Ned Lees (Jacob Batalon), his Crush Liz Alan (Laura Harria), his quirky acquaintance and his ultimate girlfriend, Michelle Michelle Michelle Michelle (Zendaya), and his rival Flash Ton Thompson (Tony Laboro). In Vololi’s case, the groundbreaking star of Wes Anderson’s “Grand Budapest Hotel” auditioned for two other roles in the MCU.
Tony Volori’s two MCU auditions involve both Spider-Man and Iron Man
Tony Volori’s first MCU audition was for “Iron Man.” When he was ten years old, Volori attempted some of the children of Afghan refugees. Volori, a huge fan of Marvel comics since he was a child and admired Robert Downey Jr.’s performance in Chaplin and John Favreau’s performance in Swingers, did not go well with his favor, but he took the opportunity to ec. He looked back on the opportunity for an article he wrote. Fandom:
“My brother and I were waiting in Sarafin’s office. She is the casting director for all MCU movies. I was… auditioning for the majority of the refugee children.” Remember the scene where Iron Man is in Afghanistan. The man hastily saved the day, and in that scene the father escapes from his mother’s arms, and the child would have been me. ”
More than a decade ago, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios announced their intention to bring Spider-Man to the MCU following the unprecedented Spider-Man 2. Around the same time the announcement, Tony Revolori emailed his agent about the opportunity to audition for his role as MCU Peter Parker. Looking back at the audition process, the Guatemalan Volori recalls seeing “all young White Hollywood actors” in the waiting room. This dampened confidence to take away Marvel Studios’ chances of casting non-white actors as new spicy.
Two days after the audition, I received news that Tony Volori hadn’t worked out. But by the time he received a new email about “Untitled Marvel Films,” he knew it was another opportunity to audition for what would become “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” Volori was considered in both Ned Lees and Flash Thompson and was eventually cast in the latter role. This was quite apart from the previous version played by Joe Manganiello in the Sam Raimi trilogy, Chris Zilka in “Amazing Spider-Man.” Revolori reflected in receiving news from his agents.
“Around three weeks later I got a call from an agent and a manager who told me.” You got it. “I was with ec. I could look around my room and imagine a young self-play with a Spider-Man action figure. The boy had little idea what was coming.
Why Tony Vololi’s Flash Thompson is at work
As mentioned above, Flash Thompson’s previous iterations in both Sam Raimi and Mark Webb’s films reflected the characters we saw in the comics. In the comics, while Peter’s rival, he ironically is a massive worshiper of Spider-Man. That aspect of the character is unexplored in Raimi’s films, but at the end of “The Amazing Spider-Man,” when Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) notices the Flash shirt, he focuses on the red shirt that evokes Spidy’s emblem.
The casting of Tony Revolution as Flash Thompson unfortunately led to a predictable backlash among select groups of racist fans, but as is evident in many fandoms whenever non-white actors are given such opportunities, the updated version of this character better reflects the social hierarchy seen in modern American high schools. Certainly, there are still bullies who happen to be jocks, but the competition between Vololi’s Flash and Tom Holland’s Peter is more realistic and serves as a refreshing change of pace from the typical high school bullies seen in many adult films over the years. It’s unclear if we’ll see him recreate his role as Flash in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” but if we’re going to meet him again, it’s a compelling opportunity as a compelling opportunity, given that Peter and Flash appeared at the end of “Spider-Man: No Way.” Now that Frank Castle (John Bernsal) is confirmed to be part of the film, they are both growing quite a bit, and part of me wants to know how Flash reacts to the Punisher.
