Tom Holland wants to be the Iron Man to the next young Spider-Man or Spider-Woman. The actor is currently busy promoting Spider-Man: No Way Home, which is due exclusively in theaters on December 17. Beyond that, Holland is also confirmed to star in a new Spider-Man trilogy. Despite that, he's also willing to step into a mentor role in case new wall-crawlers are introduced in the MCU.
In 2015, Marvel Studios and Sony entered a historic partnership to collaborate on Holland's new iteration of the superhero. The next year, he debuted in Captain America: Civil War, with Tony Stark functioning as his entry point to the bigger MCU. The genius billionaire recruited Peter Parker into Team Iron Man amidst his conflict with Captain America (Chris Evans) about the Sokovia Accords. Since then, the pair developed a mentor-mentee relationship that eventually became more personal over time until Stark's death in Avengers: Endgame. The death of his mentor immensely affected the young hero, but after getting the time to properly grieve the loss, he now must gear up for what could be his biggest personal mission yet in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Holland has time and again expressed how important the role of Spider-Man is to him. If it's up to him, he'll continue playing Peter Parker for years to come. However, he also tells Associated Press in a new interview that if he needs to step back in order to let other versions of the character be the focus of storytelling, he would graciously do so, as Iron Man did for him when he was just starting in the MCU. Read his full answer below:
I love this character more than anything. It's changed my life. I have a relationship with my fans that's so wonderful, I couldn't ask for it to be any better. But I wanna do what's best for the character. If it's time for me to step down and the next person to step up, I'll do so proudly... I'd love to see a more diverse Spider-Man universe which would be really exciting. If I could be a part of that, I could be the Iron Man to the next young Spider-Man or Spider-Woman, that would be great. But at the moment, all I have to think about is the character and what's best for Peter Parker.
Not everyone is thrilled with the way Marvel Studios handled Iron Man and Spider-Man's relationship. Some criticize that Peter's story in the MCU has been highly dependent on Stark's when he should have a separate identity on his own. With the MCU, however, it made sense that the young hero was mentored by the genius, billionaire, considering that he'd been the face of the Avengers in the Infinity Saga. Luckily, with a new Spider-Man trilogy in the works, Marvel Studios has the opportunity to address these concerns by developing the wall-crawler's individual arc. That doesn't mean that his previous relationship with Stark will never factor into his journey moving forward, however.
When Holland says that he wants to be the Iron Man to the next Spider-Man or Spider-Woman, he isn't talking about tying Peter's story to them the same way Marvel Studios did with him and Iron Man. Instead, he's referring to playing a mentor figure who's well aware that he isn't the center of the story. Despite the criticisms of their on-screen relationship, Downey did play a great supporting character in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Aside from that, Downey and Holland also developed a friendship in real life, something that has stuck even after the events of the Infinity Saga.
Source: Associated Press
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