Tom Holland Isn't a Child Anymore

He's a talented actor, you know from films such as Uncharted. There are places out there you can't find on any map. Cherry. And of course there's Peter Parker. Oh, Mr. Parker. A.K.A. Spider-Man. I don't know how jobs work. That's exactly how they work. Please welcome back to the show one of our favorites, Tom Holland, everybody. Tom Holland. That's you, right? You're the spiderling. Crime-fighting spider. You're Spider-Boy. A long time before Spider-Man, I used to be in a show in London called Billy Elliot. We are Billy Elliot. Have you always wanted to do something like this? I just was a young kid. I loved dancing. My mum would take me to a dance class every Saturday. I'm Tom Holland and I play Billy in Billy Elliot the Musical. You did find success very young in the West End. Tom Holland makes his professional international screen debut in Summon Entertainment's The Impossible. The Impossible is based on a real family's experience during the 2004 tsunami that struck Thailand. Bayona, the director, saw a clip of me and we got on very well. We had a great connection and it sort of just progressed from there. I was in Spain filming The Way. During the filming of The Impossible, Tom met Naomi Watts. At the beginning, I was very intimidated because obviously Naomi's a big movie star and I was just a kid from London. But she's so kind. We got on really well. If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be here because on set she helped me. She would give me advice. She would make sure that I was doing everything to the best of my ability. He was a brilliant actor. He came with great discipline and focus. And the winner is... Um, it's incredible to be here in this great room. Since I was a kid, I've always wanted to be Spider-Man. As a kid, I dressed up as Spider-Man probably every day. Anytime you're going to cast a role as big as Spider-Man, there's a huge search involved. Our team looked at 7,500 tapes. I mean, I guess when you can do what I can do, maybe you have a responsibility to do some good with it. That's what Peter is. He's just like a regular kid from Queens. Han was different than everyone else. I'm ready. I'm ready. Okay. Yeah, I love Avengers. Playing this character was kind of a dream come true for me. There was just something about Tom Holland's performance that was just so energetic and real and grounded and full of attitude. This is why Tom Holland, we think, is going to be so incredible and so amazing as Peter Parker. Peter is such a young kid, and he's so, like, oblivious to kind of what just went on. And everyone went crazy saying I look like Peter Parker. Who's been the most surprising cast member you've worked with? Uh, it has to be Zendaya. To meet someone who's as successful as she is, but as down-to-earth as she is, is kind of amazing. Zendaya is just the absolute North Star of my life. And yeah, I just could not be more grateful for the opportunity and for the life lessons and for the wonderful people that it has brought into my life. Hey, it's Zendaya. I just wanted to make a really quick video for everyone to... It doesn't matter, you know, where you are either. I mean, it's just hard to say in general. It's hard to, you know, find people that you really click with or really understand you. He's so nice. He's, like, one of the nicest people I think I've ever met. He's just a good dude. And so it's really good to see that good things going on for, like, a good person. She's one of the most professional, hardworking people I've ever met in my life. Her heart and soul. I mean, she's an impossible person not to love. She's as wonderful on screen as she is off screen. And I think that, you know, she's a fantastic actress. She tackles every challenge with the same amount of force, energy, and dedication. Zendaya is the one. Zendaya has finally confirmed her marriage to Tom Holland. It's definitely the next chapter. I'm very excited. The beginning of my career is sort of coming to a close. We're sort of getting to that next step. I'm very excited. Being here today in LA is kind of crazy to be surrounded by people I've grown up looking up to and admiring. You've got yourself this far, being yourself. So that should go and prove that that's all you need to be. Because I was nine years old when I was walking through those doors, you know. I don't feel like I can get away with playing a boy anymore. I feel like I'm kind of finishing the first chapter of my career. I've been making these movies for a decade now, and to be here at the finish line ready to hand it over to the people is something that I am very proud of. What I'm looking for in this next chapter is like the ultimate challenge, and to find things that really scare me. I'm taking my time. I want to find the right project with the right people. I feel very creatively driven to sort of do some new things and push myself in ways I didn't think I could. So for me as a young actor to get to see these titans of our business, use every tool that they have in the workshop to build this movie, it was just a treasure trove of lessons, and I really feel like I left this experience a better actor. I couldn't be more grateful, and I just want to do everything I can in my power to make the best movies possible, you know?