diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/api/workfile_template_builder.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/api/workfile_template_builder.py
index 6e6166c2ef..504db4dc06 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/api/workfile_template_builder.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/api/workfile_template_builder.py
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ class MayaPlaceholderLoadPlugin(PlaceholderPlugin, PlaceholderLoadMixin):
     def get_placeholder_options(self, options=None):
         return self.get_load_plugin_options(options)
 
-    def cleanup_placeholder(self, placeholder, failed):
+    def cleanup_placeholder(self, placeholder):
         """Hide placeholder, add them to placeholder set
         """
         node = placeholder._scene_identifier
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/nuke/api/workfile_template_builder.py b/openpype/hosts/nuke/api/workfile_template_builder.py
index 72d4ffb476..3def140c92 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/nuke/api/workfile_template_builder.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/nuke/api/workfile_template_builder.py
@@ -156,8 +156,10 @@ class NukePlaceholderLoadPlugin(NukePlaceholderPlugin, PlaceholderLoadMixin):
             )
         return loaded_representation_ids
 
-    def _before_repre_load(self, placeholder, representation):
+    def _before_placeholder_load(self, placeholder):
         placeholder.data["nodes_init"] = nuke.allNodes()
+
+    def _before_repre_load(self, placeholder, representation):
         placeholder.data["last_repre_id"] = str(representation["_id"])
 
     def collect_placeholders(self):
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ class NukePlaceholderLoadPlugin(NukePlaceholderPlugin, PlaceholderLoadMixin):
     def get_placeholder_options(self, options=None):
         return self.get_load_plugin_options(options)
 
-    def cleanup_placeholder(self, placeholder, failed):
+    def cleanup_placeholder(self, placeholder):
         # deselect all selected nodes
         placeholder_node = nuke.toNode(placeholder.scene_identifier)
 
@@ -603,7 +605,7 @@ class NukePlaceholderCreatePlugin(
     def get_placeholder_options(self, options=None):
         return self.get_create_plugin_options(options)
 
-    def cleanup_placeholder(self, placeholder, failed):
+    def cleanup_placeholder(self, placeholder):
         # deselect all selected nodes
         placeholder_node = nuke.toNode(placeholder.scene_identifier)
 
diff --git a/openpype/pipeline/workfile/workfile_template_builder.py b/openpype/pipeline/workfile/workfile_template_builder.py
index 896ed40f2d..a8a7ffec75 100644
--- a/openpype/pipeline/workfile/workfile_template_builder.py
+++ b/openpype/pipeline/workfile/workfile_template_builder.py
@@ -1457,8 +1457,15 @@ class PlaceholderLoadMixin(object):
             context_filters=context_filters
         ))
 
+    def _before_placeholder_load(self, placeholder):
+        """Can be overridden. It's called before placeholder representations
+        are loaded.
+        """
+
+        pass
+
     def _before_repre_load(self, placeholder, representation):
-        """Can be overriden. Is called before representation is loaded."""
+        """Can be overridden. It's called before representation is loaded."""
 
         pass
 
@@ -1491,7 +1498,7 @@ class PlaceholderLoadMixin(object):
         return output
 
     def populate_load_placeholder(self, placeholder, ignore_repre_ids=None):
-        """Load placeholder is goind to load matching representations.
+        """Load placeholder is going to load matching representations.
 
         Note:
             Ignore repre ids is to avoid loading the same representation again
@@ -1513,7 +1520,7 @@ class PlaceholderLoadMixin(object):
 
         # TODO check loader existence
         loader_name = placeholder.data["loader"]
-        loader_args = placeholder.data["loader_args"]
+        loader_args = self.parse_loader_args(placeholder.data["loader_args"])
 
         placeholder_representations = self._get_representations(placeholder)
 
@@ -1535,6 +1542,9 @@ class PlaceholderLoadMixin(object):
             self.project_name, filtered_representations
         )
         loaders_by_name = self.builder.get_loaders_by_name()
+        self._before_placeholder_load(
+            placeholder
+        )
         for repre_load_context in repre_load_contexts.values():
             representation = repre_load_context["representation"]
             repre_context = representation["context"]
@@ -1547,24 +1557,24 @@ class PlaceholderLoadMixin(object):
                     repre_context["subset"],
                     repre_context["asset"],
                     loader_name,
-                    loader_args
+                    placeholder.data["loader_args"],
                 )
             )
             try:
                 container = load_with_repre_context(
                     loaders_by_name[loader_name],
                     repre_load_context,
-                    options=self.parse_loader_args(loader_args)
+                    options=loader_args
                 )
 
             except Exception:
-                failed = True
                 self.load_failed(placeholder, representation)
 
             else:
-                failed = False
                 self.load_succeed(placeholder, container)
-            self.cleanup_placeholder(placeholder, failed)
+
+        # Cleanup placeholder after load of all representations
+        self.cleanup_placeholder(placeholder)
 
     def load_failed(self, placeholder, representation):
         if hasattr(placeholder, "load_failed"):
@@ -1574,7 +1584,7 @@ class PlaceholderLoadMixin(object):
         if hasattr(placeholder, "load_succeed"):
             placeholder.load_succeed(container)
 
-    def cleanup_placeholder(self, placeholder, failed):
+    def cleanup_placeholder(self, placeholder):
         """Cleanup placeholder after load of single representation.
 
         Can be called multiple times during placeholder item populating and is
@@ -1583,7 +1593,6 @@ class PlaceholderLoadMixin(object):
         Args:
             placeholder (PlaceholderItem): Item which was just used to load
                 representation.
-            failed (bool): Loading of representation failed.
         """
 
         pass