This Day, That Year – June 1

This day in history we feature, Tom Holland. Tom Holland is a beloved English actor born on this day in 1996, best known for his role as Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films.

Trivia – Tom Holland

Growing up, Holland considered several career choices. As a child, he was a fan of Janet Jackson’s songs, and would often dance to them. His mother, impressed with this, signed him up for a dancing class, which was advertised in the private school that Holland was visiting at the time. In his teens, Holland briefly attended carpentry school in Cardiff, Wales. At one point, he considered becoming a primary school teacher, as he enjoys being around children. At age nine, Holland began dancing at a hip hop class at Nifty Feet Dance School in Wimbledon.

After two years of training in ballet, tap dancing and acrobatics, Holland won the role of Michael Caffrey and made his debut performance at the West End’s Victoria Palace Theatre in Billy Elliot the Musical.

He is the first actor to play a film incarnation of Peter Parker/Spider-Man who was also a teenager at the time of casting, having turned 19 shortly before the formal announcement. He is also the first non-U.S-born actor to play a film incarnation of Peter Parker/Spider-Man. His predecessor, Andrew Garfield, was also raised in the U.K., but was born in the United States.

He was a huge fan of Spider-Man before he played the role and said that playing the role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was a dream come true for him.

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Source – Wikipedia / IMDB

This day in history – Tom Holland