Tom Holland and Zendaya say goodbye to Spider-Man in Spider-Man: No Way Home
Zendaya and Holland, a recent couple, met on the set of Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2016.
Photo: Matt Kennedy, Columbia Pictures / Courtesy
Spider-Man’s Homecoming trilogy starring Tom Holland comes to an end with “Spider-Man: No Way Home” , which hits theaters this Friday 17 December with some surprises.
“The biggest news is that the identity of Spider-Man is revealed for the first time. Now Peter Parker is the most famous person on the planet ”, explains Holland, whom we were able to interview with his co-stars Zendaya and Jacob Batalon , who play MJ and Ned Leeds, the best friends of Spider-Man.
The film begins with the superhero in trouble, because fame comes to him “for the wrong reasons”, according to Holland. He becomes the most wanted criminal and turns to Doctor Strange for help. But that help ends up complicating things even more and Spider-Man will have to face old enemies like The Green Goblin, Doc Ock and Electro, played by Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina and Jamie Foxx , who take up the characters from previous Spider-Man sagas.
“It was incredible,” exclaims Batalon. “We are all huge fans of them. They are legends in their own right. Seeing them right there working was surreal, incredible. The 8-year-old boy inside me was delighted. ”
The generation of 96
Tom Holland , Zendaya and Jacob Batalon in a scene from “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” / Photo: Matt Kennedy, Columbia Pictures
And it is that Batalon, Zendaya and Holland barely have 25 years. The three actors and friends were born the same year, in 1996 . When they started working on “Spider-Man: Homecoming” they barely had 19 years. Today they are stars.
“We all knew that making three films was a possibility, although it always depends on whether the audience likes what you’re doing. ”Explains Holland. “We are very lucky with the positive response to the first two films you have seen.”
“But it’s crazy to be here today. I feel like it was yesterday when I had 19 years and we met ”, continues the English actor. “But at the same time it feels like a lifetime.”
With “ No Way Home ”, the trilogy is complete . The actors and their characters will, a priori, go their separate ways in the future.
“I hope our characters have a very happy life,” he jokes Zendaya. “But I don’t know what will happen to them.”
“There have been three films very special that have allowed us to grow ”, adds the Californian actress and singer. “We have had an experience that very few people can have. I don’t know what the future of these characters will be, but we are extremely grateful for the past and the present. ”
Holland is clear: “I want to prepare for the future of my life, not for the future of my career.”
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