Tom Holland reveals why he said he wanted to stop being Spider-Man before turning 30: "I was trying to scare them"

All alarms should go off! Tom Holland is 30 years old! Or do you not remember that in 2021 he made headlines by saying “If I keep playing Spider-man after 30, I’ve done something wrong”? Does this mean it’s the end of the character, after the release of Brand New Day? Well, the truth is no. As so many times throughout his career, our particular Spidey put his foot in his mouth.

Spider-pressure!

Now, Holland has clarified that statement saying that, haha, let bygones be bygones: “It’s funny, I saw that quote coming out somewhere recently and I stumbled a bit because I was trying to remember what I meant”. As if it wasn’t already quite implicit! “I think what I meant to say is that I would love to have passed the mantle, and I haven’t done it yet”. You won’t do it unless you force Marvel, Tom.

“It’s something we talk about a lot in the studio, so I might have to change the quote to 37. Or maybe I was trying to take advantage of Sony and scare them into thinking I wasn’t going to do Spider-Man 4 now that I had a new deal on the horizon. I don’t know what it could have been. It could have been part of a strategy to instill fear.” Tom Holland: superhero, star, strategist.

In the end, the blood did not reach the river, Holland made Brand New Day and signed a new contract with Sony as it should be. And of course, he has changed his mind: “The truth is that playing Spider-Man has been the joy of my life. Now I think I will do it as long as they keep calling me”. Or until there is a new agreement to sign, of course.