Spider-Man’s Tom Holland Tried, and Failed, to Be Young James Bond

Tom Holland is already enjoying one of the vital well-known characters in all of popular culture, however at one level he tried, and failed, to play one other. In an new interview, Holland admitted that he as soon as pitched the individuals who management the rights to James Bond on an origin story with him within the lead.

“I had a meeting, after or during Spider-Man 2 [Far From Home], with Sony to pitch this idea of a young Bond film that I’d come up with,” Holland told Total Film Magazine. “It was the origin story of James Bond. It didn’t really make sense. It didn’t work. It was the dream of a young kid, and I don’t think the Bond estate were particularly interested.”

Which, in case you noticed the newest Bond movie, makes excellent sense. Part of the attract of James Bond is not only that he’s assured, suave, and smart past his years—it’s that he’s subtle sufficient to get model endorsements from high-end grownup corporations: watches, vehicles, beer, and many others. On paper the concept of Tom Holland as James Bond earlier than he was 007, fumbling round MI6 and entering into adventures, sounds enjoyable. But it humanizes and demystifies him in a approach that doesn’t jive with the model because it at the moment stands. (Not that it didn’t in the past, with mixed results.)

The model it does jive with, although, is Uncharted, and that Holland was obsessed with an adventure-type origin story impacted him getting that function. “The idea of a young Bond film sparked this idea, in turn, that you could do a Nathan Drake story as an origin story, rather than as an addition to the games. And that opened a conversation,” Holland stated.

And so Holland went onto star in Uncharted, which is at the moment scheduled to hit theaters February 18. Whether or not that movie will work stays to be seen, however tell us in case you assume a younger James Bond movie may work in any capability.

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