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\nFor Tom Holland, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, based on the famous Marvel Comics web-slinging character, tells a different kind of superhero story – one centred on vulnerability<\/p>\n
“It’s definitely more grounded; it’s grittier, it’s more emotional, but that doesn’t mean we sacrifice the humour and the fun,” Holland added.<\/p>\n
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the film takes place a few years after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, which was directed by \u200cJon Watts.<\/p>\n
In the new instalment, Peter Parker \u2060grapples with the fallout from a spell cast by fellow superhero Doctor Strange, which caused everyone to forget both his existence and his identity as Spider-Man.<\/p>\n
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\nTogether again – MJ (Zendaya) and Spider-Man (Tom Holland)<\/p>\n
Among those impacted are Michelle ‘MJ’ Jones-Watson, Peter’s girlfriend, played by Holland’s real-life wife, Zendaya, and his best friend Ned, played by Jacob Batalon.<\/p>\n
Both characters have no memory of the time they spent with Peter.<\/p>\n
As Spider-Man navigates his new reality, he finds an unlikely ally in the vigilante The Punisher, \u200cplayed by Jon Bernthal, marking a crossover from the Marvel series Daredevil as well as Netflix’s The Punisher.<\/p>\n
Despite a rocky start, the two characters eventually form a bond.<\/p>\n
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\nSpider-Man (Tom Holland) finds an unlikely ally in the vigilante The Punisher, \u200cplayed by Jon Bernthal<\/p>\n
“I think it’s always interesting when you \u2060have two characters who are just trying to push everything away. That’s sort of the opposite of what being a human \u200cbeing is, and sometimes it just sort of takes over, and all of a sudden you find yourself \u2060caring about someone \u200cyou swore you never would,” Bernthal said.<\/p>\n
The Punisher is one of several Marvel characters making appearances in the film.<\/p>\n
Others include the assassin Yelena Belova, played by Florence Pugh, and Bruce Banner\/The Hulk, played by Mark Ruffalo.<\/p>\n
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\nSadie Sink said keeping the identity of her character secret was easy until she had to begin promoting the film<\/p>\n
Despite widespread fan theories, one mystery remains unresolved: the identity of the character portrayed by Stranger Things star Sadie \u2060Sink.<\/p>\n
Sink said keeping the secret was easy until she had to begin promoting the film.<\/p>\n
“Now that I have to talk about \u2060it all day, it is a little bit more difficult than I thought,” she said.<\/p>\n
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\nDirector Destin Daniel Cretton – “Trying to figure out the puzzle beforehand is fun and exhilarating and creates anticipation. But I do hope that people don’t look too hard, because the experience of watching it on the big screen in a room full of people – it’s great to still have a lot of \u200csurprises for them”<\/p>\n
Director Cretton, who helmed Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and executive produced Marvel’s Wonder Man, said he hopes audiences will still be surprised by the film’s unexpected moments.<\/p>\n
“Trying to figure out the puzzle beforehand is fun and exhilarating and creates anticipation,” he said.<\/p>\n
“But I do hope that people don’t look too hard, because the experience of watching it on the big screen in a room full of people – it’s great to still have a lot of surprises for them.”<\/p>\n
Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrives in cinemas on Friday, 31 July.<\/p>\n
Source: Reuters<\/p>\n