Tom Holland is wearing the Spidey suit one more time for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but is aware that it won’t be happening forever.
In a new interview, the actor has revealed there’s a plan for the superhero as Holland transitions out of the role.
“There’s a whole plan that we have been working on for, I would say, since we finished Spider-Man: No Way Home,” Holland said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. “It’s laid out. It’s gonna change for sure, but I have a really clear vision to the passing on of the baton, and I think it’s really exciting.”
He continued, “I know I get really excited when we have these meetings and chat about it. But that is the thing I want to do most in this character, for sure.”
Holland’s Spider-Man first appeared in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, officially becoming part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Sony Pictures would then release Spider-Man: Homecoming the following year with Robert Downey Jr. reprising his role of Iron Man. Holland would later reprise his role in Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
Earlier this year, Holland pondered the future and talked about becoming a mentor to the next Spider-Man, much like Robert Downey Jr. was to him when he entered the MCU.
“For whoever’s next, whether that is a Miles Morales or a Spider-Gwen or a Spider-Woman or something like that, I would love to be a part of setting up the next chapter,” Holland told Empire. “Whatever that looks like, I don’t know. But if I could do what Downey did for me, then I would be so content swinging off into the sunset.”
In another interview, Holland even named Adolescence actor Owen Cooper as a possible successor, telling Esquire UK, “Owen Cooper would be awesome. Obviously, he’s super-talented and the talk of the town right now.”
While on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Holland also expressed support for other Spider-Man projects, saying, “I think what also’s been so fun over these last few years is that there’s so many different Spider-Man mediums. We have Spider-Noir that came out a few weeks ago, we have my version, we have the stuff that Sony’s been doing, we have the animated movies that Sony makes — which are just the best Spider-Man movies that have ever been made, those animated movies. The heart in those movies is out of this world.”
Watch Tom Holland’s full interview in the video below.