Tom Holland reveals how Flash Thompson is a different kind of bully in ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’

Holland went undercover in an American high school in order to prepare for the role: “American high schools are so different to British ones. Bullying wasn’t really a thing, so when they cast Flash Thompson they knew they didn’t need a 6ft 5in jock to beat Peter Parker up. They needed a rich, smug kid commenting on how bad his trainers were. And I did it to practice my American accent.”