If you've heard of Tom Holland at all, in fact, it might be because he was the eponymous star of Billy Elliot: The Musical. Jamie Bell, star of the original Northern kid wants to pirouette movie is currently starring in the rebooted Fantastic Four as the hulking Ben Grimm, which is a physical transformation that has people somewhat sceptical. Getting a young actor who's nailed ballet moves night after night for years makes total sense for Spider-Man, though. The web head's own musical might have been a costly failure, but translating the sort of skills needed for stage productions like that to this particular Marvel hero is a no-brainer. Spider-Man does a lot of leaping, climbing walls, swinging through the air. It takes a certain kind of grace, dexterity, agility that's hard to fake. If you can't nail it, Spidey looks like a kid playing at Tarzan rather than a cool superhero. After all that training and time spent playing Billy Elliot, Tom Holland is basically pre-loaded with Peter Parker's superhero movements.