Tom Holland And Jon Bernthal Helped Each Other Get Their Marvel Roles

Marvel fans probably would never expect The Punisher star Jon Berthal getting help from Spider-Man: Homecoming's Tom Holland, but it seems like the two Marvel actors had actually worked with each other to get their roles in Marvel Television and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Though they're the newest arrivals in the Marvel Netflix universe and in the MCU, the two have been considered some of the most well-liked characters in the franchise. According to a report by Variety, the two actually formed a strong bond while shooting upcoming medieval adventure drama movie Pilgrimage, so much so that the two practiced their separate Marvel lines together.

In an interview to promote Pilgrimage, Bernthal reveals that he had been helping Holland by reading lines off-camera for the English star's Spider-Man audition tapes while Holland did the same thing and read some lines to help the Bernthal with his audition for The Punisher.

"They use mock scenes, but it was a man telling this young boy about shooting a deer — describing the moment of killing a deer, I believe. We had to play that the deer was there and I see him getting ready to kill it. He was off camera and we were like, ‘get in here and do it with me.'"

Bernthal also praises Holland's work saying.

"I can't say enough good things about Tom. He's got strength and talent and fortitude that's not only remarkable for someone his age, but for someone period … We were all part of him nailing and tracking down the Spider-Man role. We got to see his determination. I've never seen anything like that — how hard he fought for it — and that's how he approaches his work every day."

It's amazing how close the two became over the Pilgrimage and how their audition reading sessions had helped them nab their respective roles in Marvel live-action television and films. Though it's highly unlikely that Holland will ever get to play with Bernthal on the same screen, Marvel fans can hope that the Pilgrimage producers include those Marvel audition tapes in the bonus features of the Blu-Ray release of the film.

The Punisher is slated for release sometime 2017 while Spider-Man: Homecoming comes swinging into cinemas on July 7, 2017.

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