Bounding Into Comics reports that Antonio Banderas, the actor known for his roles of Zorro, and El Mariachi in Robert Rodriguez's Mexico trilogy is not opposed to Tom Holland, the actor known for playing Spiderman taking on the mantle of Zorro.
I take this for another Hollywood attempt at softly easing the public to the idea, that Holland can play Zorro.
He can't. He is not fit for the role. It is another miscast, just like it was with Holland playing Nathan Drake in the Uncharted film.
But these days, Hollywood cares a lot more about Twitter buzz, than they do about common sense. And Holland is big among the neurotic Twitter crowd, because he likes to dress in skirts and wear make-up.
Holland is short, at 26 he looks like an eternal teen. He might be fit to play Peter Pan, but not Zorro. And I'll admit, that not all Zorro actors were tall, but they all looked like grown men, and had that heroic presence on screen.
Holland lacks that. Because deep down, he is a Tinseltown Cindarella, not a swaggering swashbuckling playboy.
But that won't stop Hollywood.
Expect "reboot" of Zorro with Tom Holland in titular role by 2028.
