SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Star Tom Holland Clarifies Comments About Not Playing Peter Parker After 30

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Star Tom Holland Clarifies Comments About Not Playing Peter Parker After 30

Spider-Man: No Way Home star Tom Holland has clarified comments about not playing Peter Parker in his 30s, explaining that he hopes to pass the mantle on to heroes like Miles Morales or Spider-Woman...

By JoshWilding - Feb 05, 2022 03:02 AM EST
Filed Under: No Way Home

Doing the rounds to promote Spider-Man: No Way Home last year, Tom Holland frequently reiterated his apparent reluctance to continue playing Peter Parker. There's been speculation it was a public negotiating tactic on the actor's part in order to secure a huge new deal for the next Spider-Man trilogy, though there were some specific comments that jumped out at fans. 

Holland, who is 25, said he believes that if he was still playing Spider-Man at 30, he'd have done something wrong in his career. Now, though, the Uncharted star has taken the opportunity to clarify that.

"What I was basically trying to say is that if I am 30 and still playing Spider-Man and I haven't passed on the baton to a Miles Morales or a Spider-Woman or something more diverse, then I will have done something wrong in the sense of duties that I have to the character," he explained. "Not that if I'm playing Spider-Man in my 30s I'm some washed-up has-been. That's not what I was saying at all."

It appears Holland is determined to pass on the mantle of Spider-Man, though it does still feel a little soon for that when his Peter has only just graduated high school. There's a chance the character will have been allowed to grow up a little by the next time we see him, of course, and Sony Pictures is already developing a Spider-Woman movie with Olivia Wilde set to direct. 

The prospect of the next Spider-Man trilogy featuring Peter teaming up with Miles Morales certainly isn't a bad thing, though, and it's hard to imagine Holland is done with the role quite yet. 

After all, Spider-Man: No Way Home was a huge hit, while the movie's final few moments made it clear there's still plenty of story left to tell. With any luck, an official announcement about Spider-Man 4 is coming soon, though Amy Pascal and Kevin Feige have already confirmed it's in the works.
 

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TheShape9859
TheShape9859 - 2/5/2022, 4:04 AM
Gotta make everything diverse for diversity sake...
dragon316
dragon316 - 2/5/2022, 7:58 AM
@TheShape9859 - fans have been saying they want live action miles spiderman they where happy animated movie
abd00bie
abd00bie - 2/5/2022, 4:13 AM
Sure, Tom.. ;)
Origame
Origame - 2/5/2022, 8:55 AM
@abd00bie - yeah, reading his comments again, and while he does mention miles it comes across more like he's finding an excuse to leave the role rather than pleading for diversity.
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