Tom Holland Names "Adolescence" Star As Ideal "Spider-Man" Successor

“In the way that Robert Downey was such a mentor for me in my first three movies, I would love to be that person for whoever is next,” he stated. 

The actor has previously praised Downey’s role in his Marvel journey, saying he gave him “the best advice” he’s ever got for acting.

He also said the Iron Man actor stood up for him during Captain America: Civil War.

“When I got to set after I’d got the gig, we came to set I was meeting Marissa Tomei for the first time and I was now working with The Russos. And Downey was there. My scene had been cut down significantly from what I’d done in the audition to now a page and a half or maybe even two pages,” he shared.

“And we start shooting the scene and Downey piped up and was like ‘Where’s all the kid’s lines gone?’ And [directors] the Russos sort of said ‘Look, this already a 140 page script. We can’t spend too much time on this.’

“And Downey was the one that was like ‘No, you’re going to want to spend some time on this. Let’s shoot the whole thing from the audition. You can always cut it, but you’d want to have it.’”

Only time will tell if he’ll have reason to offer Owen similar assistance.