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Tom Holland expresses need to play James Bond, says it could be ‘dream come true’

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By ANI
WASHINGTON: Spider-Man entering into the footwear of James Bond? Hollywood actor Tom Holland, who’s broadly identified for taking part in Spider-Man in Marvel movies, needs to be part of one other large franchise.

As per People journal, the 24-year-old actor in a current interview expressed his need to play the subsequent 007 within the iconic James Bond spy movies. The actor appeared on the U.Okay. radio program Heart the place he was requested if he would play James Bond if provided.

Holland mentioned, “Oh mate, it would be an actual dream come true. I’ve got to remind myself that I’m lucky enough as it is. Spider-Man is an absolute delight and privilege to play, but you know, should they want to do a younger James Bond you best believe I would be there.”

“It is what it is, we’ll have to wait and see,” he added. Holland is at present in Atlanta, Georgia filming ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ together with his costars Zendaya and Jacob Batalon.

The function of James Bond has been performed on the massive display by seven actors — Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig, who’s exiting the function after the upcoming film ‘No Time to Die’.

It would not be the primary time Holland has made a pivot in his profession. Last month, the actor opened up about his memorable Lip Sync Battle wherein he delivered a show-stopping efficiency of Rihanna’s 2007 pop hit ‘Umbrella’, one thing he mentioned virtually did not occur.

The actor informed British GQ his father Dominic Holland had urged him to alter his thoughts earlier than showing on the present.

He mentioned, “My dad always taught me when I was younger and coming up in the business that you want to get famous as slowly as possible. You don’t want to get super famous tomorrow, because you won’t be able to handle it. It will ruin your life.”

The star mentioned he’s “very selective of who I talk to and what I do” as he doesn’t “want to overexpose me because my privacy is the last thing I own.”

“I think that’s why he was so worried. And he’d tell me the same thing today I am sure: ‘Pace yourself, you’ve got a long career ahead of you.’ I don’t want to lose myself to all… this,” Holland mentioned of his father.

Still, Holland mentioned he’s glad he went via with the efficiency. “Look, I am really glad I did that show and I had a lot of fun. It was incredibly stressful,” he mentioned, including it “has been incredibly successful and has been a really great thing for my career.”

Holland’s final launch was the crime drama ‘Cherry’, wherein he performs an Army medic who suffers from PTSD and begins robbing banks to pay for his opioid dependancy. The movie is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, who helmed quite a few Marvel movies together with ‘Avengers: Endgame’.

‘Cherry’ had hit the theatres on February 26 and began streaming on Apple TV+ on March 12.