British actor Tom Holland says he will portray legendary film star Fred Astaire in an upcoming Sony biopic.
Astaire is best remembered for dancing and singing with Ginger Rogers in several musicals, including Top Hat and Swing Time.
Famed as one of the greatest dancers of all time, he had a seven-decade career in film and on stage on Broadway and the West End.
“I am playing Fred Astaire. The script came in a week ago. I haven’t read it yet. They haven’t given it to me,” Holland said.
“Amy Pascal has the script,” he said, referring to the Spider-Man producer. “She FaceTimed me earlier. I was in the bath and we had a lovely FaceTime.”
Holland was speaking at a photo call for Spider-Man: No Way Home, which he attended with his co-star Zendaya in London on Sunday. The two are dating.
The pair talked of their love for what they called the Spider-Man family. Zendaya, who plays Mary Jane in the film, said she was happy to have met Holland while working on the movie.
“One of the most special parts of all this is the fact I got to meet Tom Holland. So I am incredibly forever grateful to Spider-Man for that. And he’s obviously very talented and a lovely person,” Zendaya said.
Holland, 25, is on his third Spider-Man film and spoke of the past six years, saying Spider-Man was such a huge part of his life he couldn’t remember a time before playing the role.
— Reuters
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