After ‘Spider-Man,’ Tom Holland Could Fill Hollywood’s Void of Millennial Leading Men

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After SpiderMan, Tom Holland could fill Hollywood's void of millennial leading men

What does this mean for the man who currently dons Spidey’s red-and-blue Spandex? As for his future career in Hollywood, there are at least two guarantees: bigger roles and more money. Climbing even higher up the A-list, however, will depend heavily on the type of roles he goes after.

According to sources familiar with similar negotiations, Holland’s asking price should leap into the low eight-figures. Prior to “Spider-Man,” he would earn under $1 million for film roles. Now, he could be making $2 million to $5 million for independent movies and anywhere from $5 million to $10 million for a leading role in traditional studio’s commercial film. Holland was recently considered for an ensemble part in an A-list director’s latest film.

A valid question: How do companies justify those eye-popping price tags? At least at traditional companies, studios are expecting to earn at least $100 million at the box office if they’re paying an actor $10 million to star in their movie. Nowadays, the issue is that few actors outside of maybe DiCaprio or Pitt can guarantee those results in an age where IP, not actors, is the main attraction. Especially in the case of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” it wasn’t Holland’s name alone selling tickets.

Even with towering ticket sales for “No Way Home,” Hollywood studios need proof that Holland’s name at the top of a movie poster can translate into box office receipts or subscription purchases. For every Downey Jr., Gadot or Chris Pratt , there are plenty of actors, such as Daniel Radcliffe post-Harry Potter or Chris Evans following Captain America, who struggled to extend their franchise stardom into other popular film roles.

 

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...what void?

Tom Holland has a lot of potential but this headline is patently false.

he's 5'6'

Even despite numerous high profile chances, he hasn't proven to be a box office draw outside of Spiderman and MCU movies. Which is why he'll be playing Peter parker until he's 50.

The McDonald's actor is so ordinary and charismatic that he can't even come close to Timothée Chalamet, Lucas Hedges, LaKeith Stanfield, Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Jonathan Majors or Nick Robinson.

God help us all.

No thank you. We have Timothy Chalamet.

Adam Driver has entered that chat

sree the man is like six months older than gen z lol

🙄

Please no

Shocked that Tom Holland and I are both considered millennials. I am a thousand years old in my mind. Not shocked that a major publication forgot there is no void. ARamosofficial yahya SimuLiu exist and I know MannyJacinto is gonna kill it in the Top Gun sequel.

I don't think there's a drought tbh. There are a lot millenial leading men material out there. They're just not white. Kaluya, Yeun, Jacinto, Majors, Abdul-Mateen, Patel, etc. Hollywood needs to realize that these actors are just as good. Cast them in more films.

Just a mediocre young actor in the big franchise. He has not have serious movie behind him. And there is no void! Timotie Chalamet has been here for a long time.

MILLENIAL stop trying to age ‘96 babies!!!! 😭😭😭

R Rebecca Rubin, Brent Lang unaware that millennials are currently no younger than 29/30 Yahya Abdul-Mateen, John David Washington, Jonathan Majors ... Chris Hemsworth... All millennials. Tom Holland is Gen Z. Y'all know this but u need clicks vs journalistic integrity! Sad.

Thankfully he’s not a millennial lol

dear please refrain from posting cringe -a lot of people (i think? honest no idk)

Oh god

You really thought y’all were on to something here, didn’t you? Wipe your faces because you’re drooling ignorance and then rewrite the story.

He’s literally Gen Z. Can you guys stop using millennial for anyone that you think is young? There’s a birth year group. You’re professional journalists. Do research.

what the hell are you saying

You realize that the millennial generation typically covers years 1981 to 1996... Tom Holland was born in 1996, bravo, BUT you can't think of any leading men born between 1981 and 1995? Do we need to make a list?

I saw CHERRY. Doubt

For the record Gen Z (1997- 2010) and Millenials (1980-1996) Sooo nope

Void of white men? Yah

Omg delete this shit.

This ain’t it

Then tell Hollywood to stop casting Chris Pratt in everything and give other actors a chance. Plenty of “unknowns” waiting for their big breaks. - A millennial actor

Tom Holland is already dating Zendaya he’s winning

Mmm no…

Insearch of next tom cruise hollywood ruined many actors

I've been saying this for a while he's the new Shia LaBeouf

'millennial leading men' Hahaha. He signed his career death notice with MCU. No one cares about the actors, they only care about the characters and as demonstrated with Tobey and Andrew, they don't care who plays them.

he is definitely not, mcu actors are pretty much supporting actors outside of mcu, most of their lead flopped hard

Wut

Y’all are racially bias and loud about it. There are amazing millennial men / masc Embodied Actors across all cultural spectrums There isn’t a void - that beautiful young man is Generation Z and I don’t even prescribe to that mess. So - whomever you are, please, sit this out.

How about we give other actors a shot? There's more than enough room for everyone.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Why don’t you write the article about how Zendaya was the top grossing star of 2021, but can’t get a single lead role in Hollywood?

Considering no one watched his movies outside of SpiderMan Cherry, The Devil All The Time, Chaos Walking, and The Current War I don’t see that happening! He needs uncharted to be a hit.

We already have Daniel Kaluuya.

Not when Uncharted tanks, and it will.

Lol

But, can Tom Holland be the leading man of a non-Spidey film and take that to 1? That's the question.

Fans only went to see spiderman for Andrew and Toby, nobody cares what Tom does outside of MCU.

People who say that he is Z, he was born in 1996 so he's millennial.

Are yawl on drugs?

Isn't Tom a little young for the millennial position?

have you seen the box-office on his non-Spider-Man projects? But, y’know, if leading man has been redefined to MCU movies & viral clips, then 🤷🏻‍♂️

Maybe there’s one Oscar nominated youngest actor in 80 years that’s more talented than him. That’s RealChalamet

First off, Tom Holland is barely a millennial. Secondly, void of millennial leading men? Michael B. Jordan Tom Hiddleston Dev Patel Adam Driver Ryan Gosling Robert Pattinson Daniel Kaluuya Eddie Redmayne Riz Ahmed Chris Evans etc...

I LOVE TOM SO MUCH BUT isn't he a gen z he was born 1996

He's Z, not millennial.

While many went to see Iron Man because of Robert Downey Jr few went to see any of the Spider-Man films due to Tom Holland and as Daniel Radcliffe will always be the Harry Potter actor in anything else he does for years to come Tom Holland will be Spider-Man actor stars in...

If you don't know what millennial means then just don't use the word.

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