Marvel has been on a quest to find its newest Peter Parker. Especially with the fact that Captain America: Civil War is currently shooting. We already know that Spider-Man will be required for the plot of Civil War so its no surprise that the rumors are to who might be playing this part.
A couple weeks ago rumors were flying about Asa Butterfield (Ender’s Game) being the front runner for the role, however it seems that Tom Holland (The Impossible) is also on Marvel’s radar for the roll. This news comes from THR:
The other four hopefuls included: Judah Lewis (a relative newbie who will be seen in Jean-Marc Vallee’s fall drama Demolition), Matthew Lintz (who will be seen with Adam Sandler in this summer’s Pixels), Charlie Plummer (who had a recurring gig on Boardwalk Empire), and Charlie Rowe (a British actor who appeared on Fox’s short-lived Red Band Society).
Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige, producer Amy Pascal, and directors Joe and Anthony Russo have been at the auditions for these boys. Feige previously had this to say in an interview regarding Spider-Man:
“There is a young kid [already] running around New York City in a homemade version of the Spider-Man costume in the MCU. You just don’t know it yet… In Spider-Man’s very specific case, where there have been two re-tellings of that origin in the last whatever it’s been – [thirteen] years – for us we are going to take it for granted that people know that, and the specifics.”
As long as it’s good, I don’t mind who they get.