Tom Holland Breaks Silence on 'James Bond' Casting Rumors: "Pinnacle of Working in Our Industry"
Spider-Man: Homecoming’s actor has recently caused quite a stir among James Bond fans, and now they hope Holland’s answer doesn’t really mean a thing.
Few might have expected it after several years of no news about Bandiana, but the next movie is seemingly going fast under Denis Villeneuve’s control.
Dune’s director was announced as the next James Bond film's helmer just recently, but he’s already added Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight as a writer on his team, potentially moving on with choosing a new actor for the legendary spy’s role next.
This, however, was what has been concerning Bondiana’s fans the most recently, with Amazon eyeing much younger candidates for the part that would usually be given to a more mature and experienced actor.
Particularly, Marvel’s friendly neighbour Tom Holland is also one of the top choices, and he has just addressed the big rumour — which many fans still can’t believe is even real.
Tom Holland Says He’ll Keep James Bond Speculation “to a Minimum for Now”
Appearing in the media somewhere in between filming Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the actor wasn’t given a chance to avoid the discussion when he last showed up on chef Gordon Ramsay’s YouTube channel.
“Listen, there’s speculation at the moment. We’ll keep it to a minimum for now. We’ll get there one day”, Holland said, referring to a recent report that Amazon MGM was considering him, Jacob Elordi and Harris Dickinson as the next potential James Bond.
He also suggested that, no matter who will get the chance in the end, James Bond’s role is the one that every British actor aspires to play, so he wouldn’t turn the offer down if one was coming for him eventually.
“Dude, I mean every young British actor, it’s the pinnacle of working in our industry. I already consider myself to be the luckiest kid alive you know, I could not have dreamed to have the career that I have”, Holland added.
Fans Still Aren’t Buying Tom Holland as Next James Bond
Whether for now the actor does know something about the casting or not, Bondiana’s fans seemingly haven’t changed their mind in a bit ever since the rumours spread several weeks ago.
“Idk who’s more imposing Tom holland, chalamet or a box of kittens”, Redditor pablo_booze said in a thread.
“I think he answered it for me - “luckiest kid alive.” Maybe someday, but right now?” Ok-Stress-3570 agreed.
“Tom Holland represents a kind of soft, unthreatening masculinity which, IMO, is ill-becoming of the Bond character. You need someone who looks like he'd be comfortable kicking a villain's car over a cliff, or seducing an assassin and slapping her around for information post-coitus. This is not Holland, alas”, Kind_Double_661 added.
