Tom Holland is swinging into his fourth Spider-Man film — and don’t expect it to be his last.
At the Los Angeles premiere for Spider-Man: Brand New Day on Monday, the star reflected on his long journey with the character, telling The Hollywood Reporter, “There’s a family here at Marvel and Sony. We’ve been making these movies for 10 years and we’re all really good friends and we all still really love working with together and there’s a shorthand, there’s a collaboration, there is a shared love for this character that is Peter Parker. When we all get together, it always feels like something magical happens, and to get to do it time and time again is something that will never really sink in for me. It still feels like this is my first-ever premiere for this character. It has been the gift of my life.”
The new movie is set four years after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, where Peter Parker has been anonymously protecting New York City until his superpowers undergo a surprising and potentially dangerous evolution.
First reactions to the film hit social media soon after the premiere ended.
Asked about his future as the superhero, Holland responded with a smile, “I will do it for as long as they’ll have me. So if this movie does good, I guess we’ll see!” That’s probably a pretty safe bet, as Brand New Day is expected to be one of the biggest movies of the year at the box office — on the heels of fellow smash The Odyssey, also starring he and Zendaya.
Holland has spoken about how he called SonyPictures head Tom Rothman and persuaded him to push back the production of Spider-Man so that he could first film The Odyssey, with the filming dates originally conflicting.
At the premiere, Rothman explained why he was willing to do so, saying, “We sort of recognized that it was a rare opportunity for him. It’s unusual, to say the least, that the two movies came out so close together but I’ve always believed that a rising tide lifts all boats. People are going to the movies again and The Odyssey is a great movie and people enjoy it. I think that’s ultimately going to be very good for Spider-Man as well.”
The schedule meant Holland arrived to the superhero set with many lessons from Christopher Nolan fresh on his mind; director Destin Daniel Cretton recalled that as soon as they kicked off filming, his “work ethic was incredible, the passion for the craft, the ability to make daring choices. I think when he stepped onto our set, he was just like pumped and ready to go, and he wanted to make something really great. It was wonderful — I’ll take any actor coming off of a Christopher Nolan set because they’re like ready to work their butts off to get the best product possible.”
Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits theaters on Friday.
Tiffany Taylor contributed to this report.