Tom Holland reveals exactly who he wants to take over as Spider-Man: 'He would be awesome'
Spider-Man star Tom Holland wants Adolescence actor Owen Cooper to replace him as Spidey, insisting he would be "awesome" in the role.
Tom Holland wants Owen Cooper to replace him as Spider-Man.
The 30-year-old actor has portrayed the web-slinging superhero and his alter-ego Peter Parker ever since 2016's Captain America: Civil War, and he is now thinking about who might wear the Classic Suit next.
Ahead of his fourth standalone Spider-Man movie, Brand New Day, which will drop on July 31st, Holland told Esquire UK magazine: "Owen Cooper would be awesome.
"Obviously, he’s super-talented and the talk of the town right now."
Cooper is best known for shooting to fame in Netflix miniseries Adolescence, for which he won a Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy, and BAFTA TV Award, as well as many other accolades.
Holland would love to be a mentor to Cooper, or whoever is named as his successor, in a future Spider-Man movie.
He explained: "In the way that Robert Downey [Jr.] was such a mentor for me in my first three movies, I would love to be that person for whoever is next."
But he admitted: "[It's] pretty tough to get a producing credit on future movies."
Last month, Holland told how he wants to help set up the "next chapter" of Spider-Man, and he hopes his character can have a significant impact on the next generation in the way Downey Jr.'s Iron Man was a father figure to him.
He told Empire magazine: "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. 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."
Holland was proud to have more creative involvement in Spider-Man: Brand New Day than on previous films in the series.
He said: "This is the first time in my tenure as Spider-Man that I was kind of welcomed into the writers’ room.
"[Me and the producers would] meet once every two weeks to pitch ideas and discuss our ambitions and what we wanted to try and do."
