Remember how Daniel Craig silenced the haters from the 007 fanboy contingent ('Craig's too blond!' 'Craig's too short!' 'Craig doesn't know how to drive stick!' 'Craig's ears stick out too much!') and amazed everybody as a younger-than-usual Bond in Casino Royale? That's how I feel about Holland as a younger-than-usual Spidey right now. Spidey, for a change, isn't being portrayed by some 31-year-old whom you can tell has to similarly struggle a bit to recapture the nervous energy of being a teen, like an alien visitor trying to understand the thrusts that take place during human lovemaking.Īt the time of the filming of Homecoming in Atlanta, British actor Tom Holland wasn't old enough in America to drink! Casting such a young actor as Spidey was a brilliant move. In this summer's Marvel Cinematic Universe smash hit Spider-Man: Homecoming-the most satisfying Spidey movie since Sam Raimi's pre-MCU Spider-Man 2-15-year-old Peter Parker struggles to balance superheroing with his obligations to his Queens high school's academic decathlon team. WARNING: Spoilers for Spider-Man: Homecoming ahead. This is the 11th of 13 or 14 all-new blog posts that are being posted on a monthly basis until this blog's final post in December 2017.