There is a lot of pressure for young actor Tom Holland to take on the role of Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and he is grateful for the acting gigs he had in the past that has helped define his path as an actor.
"I used to be in a show in London called 'Billy Elliot,' so I was one of the young kids in that, and that's just one of the skills I learned from there really. And I've just sort of continued on with it and tried to excel, and it's gonna help me a lot I think when we come to shooting Spider-Man," he shared during an interview with Collider.
Even though Holland is a self-confessed "Spider-Man" fan, the actor said that there are actually so many things he does not know yet about the character. That is why he immediately read up everything he can about Spider-Man after being given the role.
"There's lots of things I didn't know about him. I mean, there's so many different versions of his story, and my favorite of which at the moment is the Ultimate Spider-Man. And the one thing I'm really excited about is that he's not a superhero that's on his own, you know?" he said. "He has connections with some of the most powerful people in this Marvel Universe so I'm quite excited to explore that and see if Marvel will go down that route, you know? Which I'm sure they will. I mean, if they've got all these incredible characters at hand, I mean, why not use them, you know?"
Just recently, Holland shared a new picture on his Instagram account sporting what appeared to be a Peter Parker haircut. Fans went wild that he was already sharing details about his new character, but Holland clarified that it was not the case.
"But you know what? That was so innocent though! I did not know that I was doing that. Afterwards I was kind of like, 'Yeah, that is kind of Spider-Man hair.' I'd just watched Edward Scissorhands again and I sort of looked up Johnny Depp, I was like, 'Oh, he's so cool. I'm gonna try to copy his hairstyle,' and everyone went crazy saying I looked like Peter Parker, which I guess is a good thing. But that is not my hairstyle right now," he said.
