Tom Holland's Drunk Phone Call with Disney CEO Bob Iger Saved Spider-Man

On one sunny day last August, Disney and Sony announced that they had not been able to come to an agreement about the future of Spider-Man due to a financial dispute. This meant that Spidey would no longer appear in the MCU (since Disney owns Marvel Studios), and Tom Holland would instead break away from his Marvel counterparts to star in at least two more Spider-Man movies with Sony.

Fans were heartbroken, the future looked bleak, and we were all slowly accepting that we were going to have to sit through seeing Uncle Ben die yet again until a new agreement was reached just a month later, keeping Spider-Man in the MCU .

Most people just chalked this up to the two media giants finally getting their s*** together, but in a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! , Holland revealed that heand three pints of beerhad a very key part in settling the franchise dispute. Holland had previously e-mailed Disney CEO Bob Iger amidst the dispute to thank him for "changing his life," and Iger had decided to call Holland up himself, which Holland recounted on Kimmel:

"My family and I went to the pub quiz in our local, like, town. We're doing a quiz and I'm, like, three pints in, right? I haven't eaten much and I get a phone call from an unknown number. And I have a feeling, I'm like, 'I think this is Bob Igerbut I'm drunk.' But I basically just said thank you for the opportunity and he said, 'There is a world in which we can make this work.' And there was a bunch of phone calls back and forth from [Sony Pictures chairman] Tom Rothmanhe was really instrumental in the process. And it was really interesting for me to these, like, two studio heads, like, 'What do you think?'"

Iger had previously recounted that Holland had "cried on the phone" to him, and Holland confirmed those rumors...sort of. "I weeped. No, I didn't weep. Yeah, no, I was really emotional because I felt like it was all coming to an end," Holland explained to Kimmel.

So there you have it folksif you ever want to save your job, get drunk and cry on the phone to your boss. (J.K. that's horrible adviceplease don't do that).