Spider-Man Star Tom Holland Reveals How He Feels About Being Iron Man’s Replacement In Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Every Marvel fan knows how Marvel Cinematic Universe started. Back in 2008 with Iron Man movie, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. Downey Jr. portrayed the character in three Iron Man movies, four Avengers movies, Captain America Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and also had a cameo role in The Incredible Hulk. That’s 10 appearances as the character in 11 years.

Avengers: Endgame gave the definitive conclusion to the story of Tony Stark, and considering his mentor-pupil relationship with Tom Holland’s Peter Parker/Spider-Man, many fans are wondering is Spider-Man the face of the franchise now. Avengers: Endgame director Joe Russo recently revealed that is accurate.

“Tom is stepping into the role that Robert Downey once occupied for Marvel, which is the favorite character, and in a lot of ways the soul of the Marvel universe.” — Joe Russo for GQ

Tom Holland made five appearances as Spider-Man in MCU so far. He debuted in Captain America: Civil War, and reprised the role in Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Spider-Man: Far From Home. His sixth MCU appearance will be Spider-Man: No Way Home, a highly anticipated movie that is set to conclude his Spider-Man trilogy, at least this one. Sony’s Amy Pascal revealed that they’re already planning one more trilogy with Holland as the web-crawler. Now, Holland revealed how he feels about being called the face of the franchise:

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“I mean, I wouldn’t necessarily say that I’m the face of the universe. I know that fans are really supportive and have responded massively to this franchise. I’m honored that Joe thinks that. But, the beautiful thing about the MCU is, whoever is the leader, if there ever is a leader again, you’re never alone. You have so many people that you can rely on and lean on, and people that I’ve now worked with for years and years. So, I don’t necessarily feel those pressures, but should I feel those pressures, then yes, I’ll call Downey and ask, yeah. I called him the other day for a piece of advice, and he was very kind.” — for Josh Wilding’s YouTube channel

What do you think, is Tom Holland the face of the franchise now, or is it some other MCU actor?

Spider-Man: No Way Home will debut in theaters this Friday!

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Lukas Abramovich is a freelance writer and photo and video editor based in Croatia. He's also a web designer and holds a Master’s degree in general Computer Science from the Faculty of Informatics based in Pula, Croatia. Since 2018, Lukas has worked on several portals writing about movies, TV shows, and video games. He's currently writing articles for two of them: Fiction Horizon and Comic Basics. He also has a YouTube channel in his native language, and the content there is mostly reviewing popular movies and TV shows. Lukas also has an Instagram page where he once used to post fan-made posters he made, which is something he would like to continue working on, as photo and video editing are also some of his passions. Lukas is a big movie lover who is okay with watching any kind of movie. His favorite movie is Michael Curtiz's Casablanca, but he's a loyal follower of Marvel and DC movies, as well as several other blockbuster franchises he's been following for years; Star Wars, Fast & Furious, Mission: Impossible, and James Cameron's Avatar are only some of them. His favorite director is Christopher Nolan, with Quentin Tarantino and Denis Villeneuve as honorable mentions. Lukas is also a big fan of four fantasy multimedia franchises; The Wizarding World, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Witcher, and The Lord of the Rings. He calls them "the four rulers of the fantasy genre." He loves to write about anything spawned from those franchises (books, games, movies...), as well as anything branded with the Marvel or DC logo. Video games and their adaptations are also something he follows faithfully since he's a big fan of story-driven single-player games like Assassin's Creed, The Last of Us, Uncharted, etc. His favorite video game ever is Red Dead Redemption 2.