Tom Holland RECALLS Pitching A James Bond Origin Movie That Got Rejected: It Was The Dream Of A Young Kid

The hunt for the following James Bond, following Daniel Craig’s departure after “No Time to Die,” will start later this yr, however “Spider-Man” actor Tom Holland has already tried to recommend the place 007 ought to go subsequent.

In an interview with Whole Movie, the 25-year-old Spider-Man: No Means Residence star recalled pitching his idea for a youthful 007 movie to Sony. Although the idea was not bought, it did result in contacts that led to his place as Nathan Drake alongside Mark Whalberg within the upcoming online game adaption Uncharted. “I had a gathering after or throughout Spider-Man 2 [Far From Home] with Sony to pitch this concept of a younger Bond movie that I’d provide you with. It was the origin story of James Bond,” Holland stated as per Selection. “It didn’t actually make sense. It didn’t work. It was the dream of a younger child, and I don’t assume the Bond property had been notably .”

He continued, “The thought of a younger Bond movie sparked this concept, in flip, that you possibly can do a Nathan Drake story as an origin story, reasonably than as an addition to the video games. And that opened a dialog.” Daniel Craig, essentially the most present actor to play Bond, completed his run in final yr’s No Time to Die, his fifth and final 007 movie. 

In the meantime, in Ruben Fleischer’s “Uncharted,” Holland performs Nathan Drake alongside Mark Wahlberg as Victor “Sully” Sullivan. Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle, and Antonio Banderas additionally seem within the movie. The movie’s February 18 launch date in the US represents Sony’s first tentpole of the brand new yr, in addition to a reunion with Holland following the field workplace triumph of “Spider Man: No Means Residence.”

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