Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider - Man : No mode Homestar Tom Holland   reveals that the original Iron Man helmet was given to his small crony by Robert Downey Jr. as a endowment . The firstIron Manfilm came out in 2008 and both resurrect Downey Jr. ’s career and became the catalyst for the Marvel Cinematic Universe , which is now in Phase 4 and has released its twenty-sixth pic . The 27th isNo Way Home , which is coming to theatre on December 17 . For the first 3 stage , Downey Jr. was the face of the MCU , appearing as Iron Man in 10 filmsacross the enfranchisement ’s grand campaign .

Holland , who entered the MCU as Peter Parker ( AKA Spider - Man ) in 2016 , has had a longsighted work kinship with Downey Jr within the Marvel franchise . Until he departed the MCU , Downey Jr. seem in every picture Holland asterisk in , beginning withCaptain America : Civil Warand including his first soloSpider - Manand the two most recentAvengersfilms . The film canon has positioned Spider - Man direct as a protégé of Iron Man , include having   the hometown hero utilize the Iron Spider suit intention and theadvanced technical school that Stark Industries   provided .

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While come out on the popularFirst We FeastseriesHot Ones , in which celebrities are challenged to answer questions while use up more and more hot hot wings , Holland reveals his favorite Marvel souvenir .   When Robert Downey Jr. was filmingDolittle , he invite Holland and his family to his London base to watchBlack Panther .   Holland delineate his piddling brother Paddy coming ladder into the elbow room " hold the original Iron Man helmet and Downey had give it to him as a talent . " Holland tell it was " a huge honor , " and even though the giving technically does n’t belong to to him , it ’s still by far his favorite . interpret the full quotation below :

My preferent relic was really contribute to me - well , it was n’t given to me , it was given to my little pal Paddy . When Black Panther was coming out , Robert Downey Jr. was making Dr. Dolittle in London and he was staying down the road from where I live .

And he brought us to a screening of Black Panther at his sign , and Paddy comes lead into the room and he ’s adjudge the original Iron Man helmet and Downey had given it to him as a endowment . That ’s a really special one for me because I was lucky enough to join the MCU but I join it very recently , and that souvenir , you know , that ’s from the original moving picture , that ’s the place of origin of this unbelievable world that Kevin Feige and Marvel created and Downey and Favreau kickstarted , so to have something from that film , it ’s a huge honor .

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That experience must have been shaping for Paddy Holland , who is also an aspiring player . The same twelvemonth that he receive that talent from Downey Jr. , he had gotten a role in his first lineament pic , the Will Ferrell / John C. Reilly comedyHolmes & Watson . Paddy ’s calling has continued to originate , and he has now appear in 5 episodes of the 2021Apple TV+ seriesInvasionas   Monty Cuttermill .

Fans of the MCU will be gratified to learn that the fictional kinship that exists between Iron Man and Spider - Man extends to real life . In fact , in real life they seem to have an even more robust friendship than Tony ’s loth mentorship of Peter in fable . AlthoughSpider - Man : No mode Homewill be theSpider - ManMCU film that has the least connective to Stark ’s legacy ( despite bear on to feature Jon Favreau ’s Happy Hogan ) , this version of Peter Parker will evermore be denounce by the clock time the two drop together , just like Holland will .

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