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Nadia Santiago

The question was whether Marvel could give us a gay Spider-Man. He was 23 years old when he answered, and he did not hesitate.

A reporter in 2019 asked Tom Holland if Marvel would ever introduce a gay Spider-Man. He did not avoid it.

Tom Holland at the world premiere "The Odyssey" at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London
Tom Holland leaves the London premiere of “The Odyssey” at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on July 6, 2026. Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack / Getty Images.

“The world is not as simple as a straight white man. It doesn’t stop there, and these films need to represent more than one person,” he said.

Tom Holland at The Odyssey photocall at the IET Building in London
Tom Holland steps out for The Odyssey photocall at London’s IET Building on July 5, 2026. Photo by Shane Anthony Sinclair / Getty Images.

Seven years later, he’s still in charge of the franchise in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” and this month he’s been in an unstoppable run at the premiere of that film and Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.”

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Nadia Santiago

Nadia Santiago is a writer who lives between the clouds and the shore, and writes about all the things your heart knows but your mouth can never say.