Tom Holland’s next dance: Playing Fred Astaire

LONDON – Tom Holland is trading successful his Spidey suit for immoderate pat shoes. The “Spider-Man” prima told The Associated Press Sunday that helium plans to play Fred Astaire successful an upcoming biopic.

“Oh, I americium playing Fred Astaire,” Holland said astatine an lawsuit successful London. “Yeah, I am.”

Producer Amy Pascal precocious said she wanted Holland to play Astaire, but Holland had yet to remark connected the anticipation until now.

While Holland’s creation inheritance hasn’t needfully been highlighted successful his superhero films, the 25-year-old did play the rubric relation successful “Billy Elliott: The Musical” from 2008 to 2010.

Holland said helium inactive needs to work the Astaire script, which conscionable came successful a week ago.

“I haven’t work it yet. They haven’t fixed it to me,” Holland added. “Amy Pascal has the script. She FaceTimed maine earlier. I was successful the bath and we had a beauteous FaceTime.”

But earlier helium steps into Astaire's shoes, Holland has different Spider-Man movie to unspool connected the world: “No Way Home,” which hits theaters connected Dec. 17. Whether oregon not there's much Peter Parker successful his aboriginal remains to beryllium seen.

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“I emotion this quality much than anything. This quality has changed my life. I person a narration with my fans that is truthful wonderful. I couldn’t inquire for it to beryllium immoderate better,” Holland said.

“But I privation to bash what’s champion for the character. If it’s clip for maine to measurement down and the adjacent idiosyncratic to measurement up, I’ll bash truthful proudly. You know, I’d emotion to spot a much divers Spider-Man universe, which would beryllium truly exciting. If I could beryllium a portion of that — if I could beryllium the Iron Man to the adjacent young Spider-Man oregon Spider-Woman, that would beryllium great. But astatine the moment, each I person to deliberation astir is the quality and what’s champion for Peter Parker,” helium said.

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