Tom Holland Went Undercover In High School For Spider-Man. I still did enjoy Tom Holland’s portrayal of Peter Parker, and do think that he will grow into the role. I said, 'No, seriously, I'm Spider-Man. But even though most of the course material was going over his head, Holland was enjoying himself. 1955 Yearbook. Like, what the hell? In the Tom Holland Spider-Man films, the Midtown High School closely resembles an actual elite NYC public high school: the Bronx High School of Science. Director Jon Favreau is an alumnus of Bronx Science. (Howard Simmons / New York Daily News) An eleventh-grade student enrolled at the city’s prestigious Bronx High School of Science … 2020 NYC School Survey Bronx Science Parents - The submission deadli... ne has been extended to Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, is his new benefactor. And he did not believe me at all.". “Because why not?”. He’s gonna be Spider-Man for Marvel,’” Bishop said. “I’ve never been huge on celebrities. Check out Tom’s interview below where he switches into talking American. Slate relies on advertising to support our journalism. December 2020 issue of 'The Science Survey' Click on the headline for further information about Bronx Science's official student newspaper and to read 'The Science Survey' online. According to comic book historian Peter Sanderson, Lee based the fictional school on Forest Hills High School in New York City. “He’d ask them: ‘Do you watch Marvel Movies? From there, it was time to go to class. You see, The Bronx High Watch the interview for a serious case of the giggles: And that’s not the only funny story Tom’s shared in an interview. In a Facebook post, the school identified him by name. Because that just doesn’t make sense, right?” Bishop told Business Insider. That was the case, at least for actor Tom Holland, a.k.a. "No one knew who I was or what I was doing. British actor Tom Holland, who stars in upcoming movie Spiderman: Homecoming, didn’t even know what homecoming was! Press J to jump to the feed. Spider-Man Homecoming: Tom Holland went undercover at Bronx high school By Will Robinson Updated December 10, 2016 at 03:09 PM EST With his brothers, he enjoys playing football in his Arsenal kit. Tom Holland Went Undercover in the Bronx To Prepare For Spider-Man Role. The 20-year-old actor revealed his undercover operation in a recent Facebook Live session. Key Club International is an organization led by high school volunteers who are dedicated to community service and leadership. Forced to go undercover and assume a secret identity in the name of acting, Holland assumed the guise of Ben Perkins and secretly attended Bronx High School of Science in New York City in preparation for his role in the upcoming "Spider-Man: Homecoming." Comment. The young star of the new Spider-Man movie found himself in a tangled web of deceit when he enrolled in a Bronx high school to prepare for the role. Another girl seemed highly suspicious of him from the get-go. But because Parker is a brilliant tech whiz at the fictional Midtown School of Science and Technology, there was only one place Holland could go. Check out the hottest fashion, photos, movies and TV shows! Bishop is now a rising sophomore at the University of Michigan majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in computer science. The Bronx High School of Science counts eight Nobel Prize recipients as graduates. When Tom Holland isn’t filming or speaking at press conferences he just might be found in a high school. The Bronx High School of Science. By the second day, the thrill of being undercover was wearing off, and Holland was starting to experience a feeling most high schoolers have daily: boredom. He started learning dancing early in his age from London’s Nifty Feet Dance School. ...and then I started doing an English accent...'I'm actually Spider-Man.' At the beginning of February 2016, Holland arrived at Bronx Science and met Bishop in the courtyard before school started. I'm Spider-Man.' The actor visited the Bronx High School of Science in February and was photographed with a … And you'll never see this message again. “But I thought it’d be a really cool experience.”. So the movie’s producers decided it was only necessary to give him a fake name and enroll him temporarily in the Bronx School of Science. Holland would use an American accent and introduce himself to other students as Bishop’s cousin Ben. And she was like, 'Dude, you're nuts. Holland left to begin filming the first of six films in which he’ll play the famous wall-crawler. Because Marvel wanted Holland to get as close to an authentic experience as possible, he had to go undercover. 1980 Yearbook. He was there for three days. Security came over, but they explained the situation and carried on without attracting too much attention. Halfway through his senior year at The Bronx High School of Science, Arun Bishop received an unexpected request. The plan was almost foiled from the start. Bishop—a big Marvel fan who lists Iron Man as his favorite Avenger because of his love of robotics—quickly agreed to let Holland shadow him for a couple of days. When he tried to tell a girl he was Spider-Man, she flat out told him he wasn't. He said the actor was very easy to talk to and that it got to the point where he just felt like he was talking to another friend. Marvel wanted to send the newest Spider-Man—the London-born actor Tom Holland—to high school so he could better understand his role as the teen Peter Parker. “It was crazy; nobody recognized him.”. He was there for three days. 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