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Tom Holland is tickling our Spidey senses!
The 28-year-old actor sat down with Rich Roll for a wide-ranging conversation on the newest episode of Roll’s weekly podcast, released Thursday, Oct. 17, where he revealed that he and girlfriend/Spider-Man franchise costar Zendaya have read an early draft of a fourth film.
“We have a creative and a pitch and a draft, which is excellent — it needs work, but the writers are doing a great job,” Holland said. “I read it three weeks ago. And it really lit a fire in me. Zendaya and I sat down and read it together. And we, at times, were like, bouncing around the living room. Like, ‘This is a real movie worthy of the fans’ respect.’ “
“There’s a few things we need to figure out before we can get that really going, but it’s exciting. And I’m really, really excited about it,” he added in the conversation, which also focused on his new non-alcoholic-beer line Bero.
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While Holland wouldn’t give any details on the plot of the fourth film — which would come after Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), he reflected on how it would fit into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
“Obviously, one of the things to like bear in mind with Marvel is that your film is a small cog in a large machine,” he explained. “And that machine has gotta keep running, and you need to make sure that you can fit into that timeline at the right time to benefit the bigger picture.”
“So that’s one of the challenges we’re facing,” continued the Uncharted actor. “And the time in which we need to get that done is a tall order, but definitely achievable with the fantastic new people we have working on it now.”
Holland first appeared in the MCU as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, before leading the aforementioned three standalone films. He also played the fan-favorite teen superhero in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and its 2019 sequel, Avengers: Endgame.
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Holland previously spoke about the future of the Spider-Man saga with Deadline in April, during the third annual Sands International Film Festival in St Andrews, Scotland.
“We have the best in the business working toward whatever the story might be. But until we’ve cracked it, we have a legacy to protect,” he said of a potential fourth film after No Way Home, which he described as “so special in so many ways that we need to make sure we do the right thing.”
“This is the first time in this process that I’ve been part of the creative so early. It’s just a process where I’m watching and learning. It’s just a really fun stage for me,” Holland continued. “Like I said, everyone wants it to happen. But we want to make sure we’re not overdoing the same things.”
While the Cherry actor called his above answer a “complicated” version, “The simple answer is that I’ll always want to do Spider-Man films.”
“I owe my life and career to Spider-Man. So the simple answer is yes. I’ll always want to do more,” he told Deadline.
