Jacob Batalon

And so that that like that kind of big audition and coming in, it was all like literally such a blur that I barely remember what we said to each other.

I just remember thinking, like, God, I really hope I have a job after school.

But it was just like such a great time with him because he was such a.

easygoing person.

And he made it so light.

And at that time, you know, John Watts, our director at the time, really, really made it a point for us to really bond.

And it just it was like such a beautiful sort of story of like two friends coming together out of nowhere.

yes i mean you can just tell that you two really love and enjoy each other and the movie hinges a lot on peter and ned's like relationship that yeah yeah absolutely i think you know tom is also very he's big on like making those relationships uh feel real and like that's kind of the backbone of peter parker's story so i think he was also a very big proponent proponent of uh making sure those relationships make make sense and that it works so

Absolutely.

Like I don't want to advocate like male loneliness or anything.

Yeah, but it's true.

Yeah, it's really cool.

And hopefully, hopefully it works out for him.

Usually, usually Spider-Man's life is not great.

So

now are you did you grow up as a big fan of Marvel and comic books and these characters you know I gotta say I was more of a Power Ranger guy Power Ranger is definitely my thing yes but I think what did you like about Power Rangers I think it's just like the colored leotards sure and just like their cool helmets because I know that obviously it wasn't them doing the fight scenes but it was still super cool um

I really I really got into superhero stuff like actually when Tobey Maguire was doing Spider-Man.

And I think a lot of us for people who were like millennials, I think that was like our that was like our guy.

I remember when I first saw Spider-Man, I thought like, how did this guy do all of this stuff?

And then I see Tom doing all this stuff by himself.