Tom Holland Wants Owen Cooper As Next Spider-Man

In the same Esquire interview, he named who he thinks should be his Spider-Man successor.

Tom has led a record four Spider-Man films. Former star Andrew Garfield featured in two of the franchise’s films, while Tobey Maguire starred in three.

When asked who should follow him, the The Odyssey actor said: “Owen Cooper would be awesome.”

Cooper is the star of Netflix hit Adolescence. His role as the teenage main character earned him a record-breaking Emmy award – he became the youngest ever male actor to receive the accolade back in 2025. He also scooped up awards at this year’s BAFTAs.

“Obviously he’s super-talented and the talk of the town right now,” Tom continued in the interview.

It’s hard not to think Owen would be excited by the recommendation – not least because he told i-D in 2025, “I want to play Spider-Man”.

And it sounds like Tom is looking to get into mentor mode.

“In the way that Robert Downey was such a mentor for me in my first three movies, I would love to be that person for whoever is next,” he stated.

The actor has previously praised Downey’s role in his Marvel journey, saying he gave him “the best advice” he’s ever got for acting.

“When I got to set after I’d got the gig, we came to set I was meeting Marissa Tomei for the first time and I was now working with The Russos. And Downey was there. My scene had been cut down significantly from what I’d done in the audition to now a page and a half or maybe even two pages,” he shared.

“And we start shooting the scene and Downey piped up and was like ‘Where’s all the kid’s lines gone?’ And [directors] the Russos sort of said ‘Look, this already a 140 page script. We can’t spend too much time on this.’

“And Downey was the one that was like ‘No, you’re going to want to spend some time on this. Let’s shoot the whole thing from the audition. You can always cut it, but you’d want to have it.’”

Only time will tell if he’ll have reason to offer Owen similar assistance.