Marvel brought its two top contenders, Holland and Asa Butterfield (Ender’s Game), to Atlanta, where Civil War was already filming, for a screen test with Robert Downey Jr. Since Pascal and Feige were planning to show a close relationship between Tony Stark and Peter Parker, a chemistry test seemed vital. Pascal said that it was usually hard to watch people screen-test with Downey, since the actor had a natural penchant for stealing scenes, but Holland more than held his own. After his test, Downey walked over to the monitor where Feige and Pascal were watching and gave them an enthusiastic
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