Shadowing Practice: Tom Holland Angered Sony over Spider-Man No Way Home - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Remember all those times before Tom Holland was PR trained where he would anger Sony to the point
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that anytime he was asked a question, he would just look over to the side with this look of, if I say something wrong, the dot is going to show up somewhere on me and I'm screwed.
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Well, now he talks about how he angered Sony in a
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different way during the press tour for Spider -Man No Way Home.
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recently speaking with the Hollywood Reporter Tom Holland was asked about all the press tours
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that he's had to do the ones involving Uncharted the ones involving Spider -Man No Way Home
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and specifically how he handled those because honestly
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if you look at it he handled those pretty well he was lying through the roof
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which honestly is exactly what he should have done to keep the element of surprise for the people
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that were going to see the film so nothing there
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and he talks about how emotional it was for him
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and how hard it was but again he had to do it
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but then he said he thought he was doing really good
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up until he got a call after he did a bunch of interviews one day in a row
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and the people at the studio referencing sony were really angry at him
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and that they were kind of mad at how he was promoting the film
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and he was like well i'm not spoiling anything
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and he says well you keep saying that the movie is brutal
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and shows some violence and some emotion in there that's very raw um we don't like
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that stop advertising it as brutal and he says
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that he was kind of uh shocked by this
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because he figured well it is there's a moment in there
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and he did hype that up you know he said that there's a brutal moment in there for Peter Parker
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that just about takes it a little too far and that he can't wait for people to see it.
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And automatically people kind of assumed we knew what he was talking about because we were like, look, there's been a rumor somebody close to him is going to die.
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He's probably going to almost take a life.
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And him saying, well, there's a very brutal Peter Parker moment in there.
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It's going to be a mess.
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It's going to be bloody.
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You know, people connected the dots.
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I could see why Sony would be mad from a PR standpoint people could have spun
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that in such a wrong way that it could have hurt the film
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because suddenly it would have taken just one just one of those people
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or channels with a big following to go spider -man too violent for kids suddenly moms
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and parents are all out there oh my god it's too
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much for my kids i can't handle this why spider -man
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gotta be brutal it's like oh god you know luckily didn't happen
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but you can see from sony's standpoint why they were worried
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and they're like stop using that word stop referencing blood
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and raw emotion and brutality if we get you know um suddenly flagged for
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that it's going to be bad on us
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and the pr is going to be a nightmare
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so he then kind of pivoted to well look it's going
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to be heartbreaking there's a lot of stuff happening it's fun
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there is some stuff in there that's you know um brutal
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but it's very fun and And you could see like the exact moment that changed in the PR, which now kind of makes sense when they call him and they go,
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oh, man, you really can have us screwed here if people pick up on this.
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And luckily, most of us normal functioning human brains picked up on what he was saying and didn't twist his words.
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Now, if only other people could do that with other people's quotes.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 49 sentences and 669 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:26. The speaker talks fast, about 195 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
- brutal /ˈbɹuːtəl/ (adjective) — Savagely violent, vicious, ruthless, or cruel, often in an unintelligent manner.
- spider /ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/ (noun) — Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
- anger /ˈæŋɡə/ (noun) — A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm…
- involve /ɪnˈvɑlv/ (verb) — To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
- emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ (noun) — A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
- luckily /ˈlʌk.ɪ.li/ (adverb) — In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately.
- standpoint /ˈstændpɔɪnt/ (noun) — A point of view; a perspective.
- element /ˈɛləmənt/ (noun) — One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
- shock /ʃɔk/ (noun) — A sudden, heavy impact.
- violent /ˈvaɪ.ə.lənt/ (adjective) — Involving extreme force or motion.
- connect /kəˈnɛkt/ (verb) — To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
- spin /spɪn/ (verb) — To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- twist /twɪst/ (verb) — To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
- anytime (adverb) — At any time.
- nightmare /ˈnaɪt.mɛɚ/ (noun) — A very unpleasant or frightening dream.
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- talk about (verb) — Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
- pick up on (verb) — To notice, observe, learn, or understand, especially something otherwise overlooked.
- look at (verb) — To observe or watch.
- show up (verb) — To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically.
- wait for (verb) — To wait until the specified event occurs.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, didn't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, shock /ʃɔk/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like brutal, spider, anger.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.