By Michaela Gordoni
Actor Tom Holland says he’s taking a break following filming SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, but rumors continue to circulate that he may take on an even more iconic role: James Bond.
Variety reported that Jacob Elordi, Holland and Harris Dickinson are at the top of Amazon’s cast list.
“Listen, there’s speculation at the moment. We’ll keep it to a minimum for now. We’ll get there one day,” Holland recently told Gordon Ramsay.
“Dude, I mean every young British actor, it’s the pinnacle of working in our industry,” Holland said. “I already consider myself to be the luckiest kid alive you know, I could not have dreamed to have the career that I have.”
Of the many James Bonds that there have been, most of them have been tall. Daniel Craig was the shortest at 5’10″ and if Holland takes up the role, he’d be the shortest Bond ever at 5’7″, Men’s Journal points out.
Though Holland loves his career, he’s ready to take a little time off.
“I feel really blessed to be at a point in my career where I can take time off, reset, and come back ready to go,” Holland recently told GQ UK magazine. “You can’t be in every movie, and you can’t do your best work when you’re burnt out.”
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“What I’ve learnt is that it’s important to set boundaries – to be mindful about overworking,” he continued. “I’ve got a slightly busy year next year, and then I’ll probably take a bit more time off in 2027. We’ll see.”
Holland took a year off acting after he filmed THE CROWDED ROOM, a series about a young man who is involved in a shooting.
“That show did break me,” Holland said, mentioning that it was tough to film.
He’s hoping to do some lighter work down the road.
“I think I’d love to do a straight-up comedy,” Holland said. “That genre’s really taken a hit over the last few years. We’re seeing fewer and fewer of them.”
“I’d love to do something where the question isn’t, ‘How do we bring emotion into this story?’ but ‘How do we make people laugh as much as possible?’” he said. “That idea of coming to set every day with that mission sounds amazing to me.”
Holland’s next movie, THE ODYSSEY, will premiere next summer, as will SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY.
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