Okay, picture this: three different Spider-Mans - Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland - all swinging around as ...

Tom Holland was clearly the best choice to play Peter Parker/Spider-Man for showing the character’s athleticism and the innocence of carrying a big responsibility for a teenager to handle.

MONDELLO: Peter Parker's always been a teenager, but Tom Holland's super kid is the first who seems like he could actually be a classmate of Ferris Bueller's or the folks in "The Breakfast Club." ...

Tom Holland's Peter learned the world was much bigger than his life very early on into his run, and that has consumed him ever since. He couldn't even take a vacation without having to suit up ...

That meant a new Peter Parker. So, in June 2015, Tom Holland, a British actor, dancer, and singer barely out of his teen years, was cast as the titular web-slinger and iconic hero.