Tom Holland - 21-year-old Spider-Man causes a stir on the silver screen

The young actor has many similarities with Spider-Man, promising to be the center of Marvel's next superhero blockbuster series.

During the opening ceremony,Spider-Man: Homecominggrossed $117 million in the US and was highly rated with 93% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Most critics had words of praise for the lead actor - Tom Holland. The Guardian commented: "In just a few short scenes, Tom left a better impression than what poor Andrew Garfield did in both films."The Amazing Spider-Man. He really looks like a high school student and makes a clear difference from the two seniors who have played this role."

Looking back at Tom Holland's career, many people can immediately think of the word "luck". Success seems to come very naturally to the actor born in 1996.When he was just nine years old, his dance teacher at the Richmond Ballet School saw potential and advised Holland's parents to audition for a musical.Billy Elliot.

Tom Holland's father recalls onTelegraph:"The audition took place in London (England) on a Ch"It was a Japanese dance with hundreds of boys lined up. The other boys were dressed in professional-looking dance costumes, while Tom was just wearing shorts and crossed his legs. He was simply 'no chance'. Within seconds of Tom taking the stage, the choreographers quickly realized that Tom couldn't dance and dismissed him."

Tom Holland in "The Impossible".

Luckily for Tom Holland, Stephen Daldry, the director of Billy Elliot (the film that inspired the play), was also on stage that day. He saw in Holland the eagerness and passion that Billy Elliot needed. Holland might be inferior to the boys in line in terms of dancing technique, but his charisma helped attract Daldry. He directly intervened to keep Tom, and at the same time convinced the choreographers: "This kid is the one we need. The lack of skill is not a problem, he can completely learn later."

Holland was cast in the play as Michael, the main character's best friend. After just three months, he was promoted to the lead role of Elliot.After nearly two years of training, the actor was commented to have made significant progress in his dancing ability.

Unlike many other child dancers who have spent their entire careers on stage, Tom Holland used it as a springboard to the silver screen. In 2012, he starred in The Impossible alongside Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor. Holland's role as a boy who lost his family in the tsunami disaster moved many viewers.This work earned him a place on the BAFTA Awards' 2013 Breakthrough Actors list. Three years later, Holland made an impression inIn the Heart of the Seaas a drifting sailor.

Tom Holland (right) and "Thor god" Chris Hemsworth in "In the Heart of the Sea".

The role of Spider-Man, which many actors crave, came to the young man unexpectedly.He shared with the newspaperTelegraphon a memorable memory from 2015: "I was lying in bed scrolling through Instagram. It had been a month since my audition. And Marvel posted a picture, saying go to their website to see who the new Spider-Man was. I went on my computer and looked at myself. I was crazy with happiness."

Born to be Spider-Man

Thanks to his rigorous ballet training, Tom Holland has a flexible body and can easily perform the acrobatics required for the role. The actor himself has been a big fan of Spider-Man since childhood. After being selected by Marvel, Holland posted a picture of himself holding a spider suit he wore as a child on Instagram - with the caption: "A trip down memory lane. Thanks mom for saving this suit."

* Tom Holland plays a young, mischievous Spider-Man

Tom Holland hit the gym to get muscular. He also doesn't deny learning from his seniors who played this role: "Having two Spider-Mans before me helped me a lot. I had five movies to learn from. I watched them again, picked out the things I should learn, and discarded the unnecessary things."Tom Holland is the youngest actor to play Spider-Man in cinema history.

"Tony Stark is a billionaire and there are very few people like that in the world. But everyone can relate to Peter because everyone went to school and had trouble talking to girls. I was like that myself and still am. I was always the small guy in class. A 16-year-old girl would rather date a rugby player than a ballerina," the actor shared about the similarities between herself and the role.

* Spider-Man shows off his skills among the superheroes

Holland didn't force himself to do better than his predecessor and then collapse under the pressure. Instead, the young man was open to learning and opened up new directions. Through Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming,He conquered the audience with his energetic performance.Actorn 21 years old balances humor and seriousness in acting, escaping the shadow ofa senior Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield to bring youthfulness to the character.

The new Spider-Man movie is fun and elevates school situations, different from the somewhat serious tone of the previous series.Many fans on Comic Book Movie - a website about movies adapted from comic books - commented that Tom Holland conveyed the original spirit of the character the most accurately. On IMDb - a website about movies, he has continuously appeared in the list of ten stars leading in the level of interest for the past few weeks.

Tom Holland has signed on for six Marvel movies. Given his young age and the influence of Spider-Man, he is almost certain to be a key part of the Marvel franchise in the future. The most important thing for Holland right now is probably to keep his feet on the ground and not destroy his life like many young actors before him.

"The youngest Spider-Man on the silver screen" is now remembered for his clean personal life,regularly interacts with fans on social media and dresses up as Spider-Man to visit children in hospital.

According to VNE