Tom Holland Wants To Be Taken Seriously. But Can He Move Past Spider-Man?
Huff PostIllustration: Ivylise Simones/HuffPost; Photos: Getty Images Tom Holland’s future is about to be determined. Holland’s quest to find the answers began last September when he headlined the bleak Netflix thriller “The Devil All the Time,” playing an orphan caught in a web of Southern Gothic depravity. According to a recent Esquire cover story, “Everyone around him — his collaborators, his famous mentors and his contemporaries — says he’s ready to move outside the Marvel boundary and have his grown-up moment.” Ciara Bravo and Tom Holland in "Cherry" Apple That last phrase is key, though Holland has been more circumspect when asked about it publicly. Holland had a few before “Spider-Man: Homecoming” became one of 2017′s highest-grossing releases, but he wasn’t the center of attention in any. He played Naomi Watts’ son in “The Impossible,” an associate of Henry VIII in the British miniseries “Wolf Hall,” a sailor in the nautical misfire “In the Heart of the Sea” and a budding Amazonian explorer in “The Lost City of Z.” Holland in "Spider-Man: Homecoming."