Spider-Man 4‘s final draft involved a writer many didn’t know about. Tom Holland just revealed the surprising writer who helped with Spider-Man: Brand New Day‘s last-minute script changes.
Justin Kuritzkes was involved with Spider-Man 4’s final draft
So far, Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers have been credited as the writers of the fourth Spider-Man installment. But recently on Good Hang with Amy Poehler, Tom Holland revealed that writer Justin Kuritzkes was involved with the final draft of his upcoming Spider-Man movie, Brand New Day. Kuritzkes previously wrote Challengers and Queer, collaborating with Zendaya on the former project.
Holland described a pivotal moment during production that seemingly led to Kuritzkes’ involvement in the film. The actor recalled questioning whether a scene between himself and Zendaya was actually working on set.
“I said to her, ‘Do you think that this scene is working?’ And she was like, ‘No, I don’t think this scene is working at all,'” Holland said. “So, I then went to the producers and asked, ‘Do you think the scene is working?’ And they said, ‘No.'”
Holland then approached director Destin Daniel Cretton directly about the issue during the lengthy shoot day. He praised Cretton’s composed response to the creative concern on set.
“I then went and sat down with Destin and said, ‘Hey, man, listen, I know we’ve been shooting for hours, and I hate to tell you this, but I just I don’t think that this scene is working,'” Holland continued. “What I love about Destin is that he’s so calm. There’s nothing that could throw him off.”
Cretton ultimately sent the crew home and collaborated with Kuritzkes to rewrite the scene entirely overnight. Holland expressed deep satisfaction with the decision to reshoot the following day.
“So, he just said to the crew, ‘Everyone can go home.’ We’re going to sit down, and we’re going to rewrite this scene with the writer, Justin, who was such a talent,” Holland added. “And we came in the next day, we reshot the scene, and I’m so glad that we did because it sings in the movie.”
Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters on July 31.
