As we all know, Tom Holland is an absolute star! Best known as Peter Parker aka Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Holland has also had other roles besides the teen superhero. From In the Heart of the Sea to The Lost City of Z, the English actor has made a name for himself across the world.

But like many actors, they don’t always get the role that they audition for. For an example, Ryan Gosling turned down Fifty Shades of Grey while Uma Thurman was not interested in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. However, some like Thurman would come to regret their choices.

For young Holland, he too understood the long process of auditions while also facing failure. When he auditioned for Spider-Man he said, “That process was five months. I did eight auditions. I did five self-tapes, and then a screen test with Robert Downey Jr. and a screen test with Chris Evans. In the screen test with Robert Downey Jr., they brought me into the room and I met him.”

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Holland would also go on to say, “I was so nervous. In my head, I thought, ‘Wow, you look really weird in person. You don’t look like you do onscreen.’ I found out later that I met his stand-in. I basically got my nerves out on his stand-in and then met him.”

What made it worse was that he had to wait days in order to hear back from the studio to see if he got the job.

“With each passing day, there was no phone call. I flew back to London. Five weeks passed. I kept checking my phone every 20 minutes, trying to find something.”

Fortunately, we all know in the end that he got the role and that changed his life forever. So what film franchise did he drop the ball on?

In an Audition Far, Far Away

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That’s right, Tom Holland didn’t impress the people who were working on the Star Wars sequels. According to Holland himself, he couldn’t stop giggling during the audition.

Via Backstage, he previously said, “I remember my audition for Star Wars, I was like four or five auditions in, and I think I was auditioning for John Boyega’s role. I remember doing this scene with this lady, bless her, and she was just a drone. “So I was doing all of this, like, ‘We gotta get back to the ship!’ And she was going, ‘Bleep, bloop bloop, bleep bloop.’ I just couldn’t stop laughing. I found it so funny. And I felt really bad, because she was trying really hard to be a convincing android or drone or whatever they’re called. Yeah, I obviously didn’t get the part. That wasn’t my best moment.”

Poor Tom, clearly he did not get the part in the end. Hopefully, he isn’t beating himself too bad about missing out on the iconic franchise. Who knows, maybe he might come back to Star Wars down the line.