Hollywood star Tom Holland says he requested Sony to postpone the production of Spider-Man: Brand New Day so he could start working on Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.

The actor recalled his conversation with Sony Pictures boss Tom Rothman. "So I said to Chris, like, 'Look, I want to do this movie, but if I'm going to do it, I'm going to have to call Sony and have a very uncomfortable conversation," he told GQ. "I think one of the reasons why Sony was happy to move is because Chris has that reputation of, 'This movie isn't going to go five months over, and we aren't actually going to lose Tom for two years... Any other director, it might have been a slightly different conversation," he added.

The actor said the break also allowed the makers to bring Destin Daniel Cretton, who replaced Jon Watts, the director of the first three MCU Spider-Man films, who stepped away from the franchise.

"The Odyssey almost saved Spider-Man because we wouldn't have had Destin. He wouldn't have been ready to make the movie when we were ready to go. We wouldn't have had the six months to develop the script with Destin to get it to a place where it is now. And I truly believe that we've made the best version of any Spider-Man movie going," Holland said.