Tom Holland's pitch for a young James Bond movie didn't leave producers stirred.
The Spider-Man actor revealed in a new interview with Total Film he came up with an idea for a movie about a young James Bond and even pitched it — unsuccessfully.
"I had a meeting, after or during [Spider-Man: Far From Home], with Sony to pitch this idea of a young Bond film that I'd come up with," Holland said. "It was the origin story of James Bond."
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But Holland added, "It didn't really make sense. It didn't work. It was the dream of a young kid, and I don't think the Bond estate were particularly interested."
The meeting wasn't a complete waste of time, though, as Holland said his idea for a Bond origin film ended up evolving into a movie he really did make: Uncharted. The upcoming movie stars Holland as a younger version of the action hero Nathan Drake than depicted in the video games, an idea that came about after the failed Bond pitch.
"The idea of a young Bond film sparked this idea, in turn, that you could do a Nathan Drake story as an origin story, rather than as an addition to the games," Holland told Total Film. "And that opened a conversation."
Amid speculation as to who will be the next James Bond after Daniel Craig retired as the character in No Time to Die, Spider-Man: No Way Home star Jacob Batalon told GQ that Holland "talks about being James Bond a lot" — "a lot a lot." Holland previously told Variety, "As a young British lad who loves cinema, I'd love to be James Bond. So, you know, I'm just putting that out there. I look pretty good in a suit."
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