{"id":14219,"date":"2026-07-23T03:59:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=14219"},"modified":"2026-07-23T03:59:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:59:22","slug":"tom-holland-shares-fred-astaire-biopic-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=14219","title":{"rendered":"Tom Holland Shares Fred Astaire Biopic Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWith a big summer that includes promoting <em>The Odyssey<\/em> and <em>Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/tom-holland\/\" id=\"auto-tag_tom-holland\" data-tag=\"tom-holland\">Tom Holland<\/a> is ready to strap into his dancing shoes for his next role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tNearly five years after he revealed he\u2019d be <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/12\/tom-holland-fred-astaire-sony-biopic-1234885241\/\">leading a Fred Astaire biopic<\/a>, the actor recently shared an update on the Paul King-directed, Lee Hall-penned film, as well as the \u201cabsolute dread\u201d of training to emulate Astaire\u2019s dance moves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cFor me, what I love about my job is the challenges,\u201d he explained on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GykWruHC5fQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Good Morning America<\/a><\/em>. \u201cWe have <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/fred-astaire\/\" id=\"auto-tag_fred-astaire\" data-tag=\"fred-astaire\">Fred Astaire<\/a> next, is what we\u2019re planning on doing. And as soon as I finish with these tours, I\u2019m diving back into the dance studio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI did my first few rehearsals recently, and it both filled me with excitement and absolute dread because I\u2019ve got so much work to do to try and do Fred proud,\u201d added Holland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHolland noted that with his onscreen dancing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/biopic\/\" id=\"auto-tag_biopic\" data-tag=\"biopic\">biopic<\/a>, he has \u201ca desire to use no doubles, to do all of the dancing, to shoot those dances in one shot \u2013 how [Astaire] would have done it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tom Holland talks &amp;apos;Spider-Man: Brand New Day&amp;apos;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GykWruHC5fQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn 2021, Holland <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/12\/tom-holland-fred-astaire-sony-biopic-1234885241\/\">revealed his casting<\/a> as the legendary dancer and choreographer in the Amy Pascal-produced Sony film, which is not to be confused with Amazon and Automatik\u2019s <em>Fred &amp; Ginger<\/em>, starring Jamie Bell as Astaire and Margaret Qualley as Ginger Rogers in the dance partners\u2019 on and off-screen love story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe onscreen dance legacy continues after Bell made his breakout performance in the 2000 British dance film <em>Billy Elliot<\/em>, which was written by Hall. 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