Florence Pugh Credits Tom Holland for Her Spider-Man: Brand New Day Appearance, and Reveals Her Favorite Line Is Exactly the One You'd Expect

Black Widow star Florence Pugh has credited Tom Holland for encouraging her appearance in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Pugh puts in a memorable turn as her Marvel character Yelena Belova, who meets Peter Parker while in her 'office' — a New York bathhouse. It's a brilliant scene, and one of the movie's best. Not only is it full of humor, but it feels like a natural connection between two Marvel superheroes who now live in close proximity.

Discussing her appearance in the $2.5 billion success while appearing on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Pugh says the idea of her appearing in the film was kickstarted by Holland himself years earlier. When asked by a journalist which Marvel character he'd like to see Spidey hang out with next, Holland responded that he wanted to work with Pugh. And, from there, the idea of Yelena appearing the film gathered momentum.

"This all happened because of Tom," Pugh explained. …