Tom Holland Teases the Long-Term Spider-Man Plan to "Pass the Baton"
Holland says he has a clear plan to hand Spider-Man to a new actor and help introduce the successor.
- On Friday, Tom Holland revealed that plans for his eventual departure as Spider-Man have been in development for several years, with a "clear vision" already in place for passing the superhero mantle to another actor.
- The 30-year-old actor has been discussing the character's future with the team behind the films since the 2021 release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, ensuring a strategic approach to the transition.
- Speaking to host Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Holland expressed genuine enthusiasm about the planning process, stating, "I know I get really excited when we have these meetings and chat about it."
- Earlier this year, Holland suggested Adolescence star Owen Cooper as a potential successor and praised Sony's animated Spider-Verse films as "the best Spider-Man movies that have ever been made."
- As Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits theaters Friday, the fourth standalone film directed by Destin Daniel Cretton features Zendaya and Sadie Sink alongside Holland in this release.
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As soon as the new Spider-Man movie with Tom Holland has started in the cinemas, the actor talks about what he has planned for the time after his role. Tom Holland has already slipped into the role of Spider-Man for the seventh time. In "Brand New Day", the superhero is confronted with a world that no longer remembers him. For ten years, the British actor has been impersonating the character. Although he still doesn't think of the end, he still …
The latest Spiderman film is coming to theaters around the world, and it stars Tom Holland. He has donned the Spider-Man costume four times, and now, as he said in a new interview, it's time for his successor to step into his shoes. Who that will be is not yet known, but the 30-year-old star has his favorite.
The actor explained in a podcast that for five years there has been a plan for his successor and the future of the superhero. His wish candidate? Owen Cooper ("Adolescence").
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