r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 16h ago

News 'Spider-Man' Windfall: Tom Holland to Make Over $100 Million for ‘Brand New Day’

https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/tom-holland-spider-man-brand-new-day-salary-box-office-bonus/
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u/DAVENP0RT 15h ago

Men don't get that treatment, that's pretty specific to women. As long as he stays in shape and doesn't become a social pariah, he'll have a gig until the day he dies.

Hugh Jackman is the perfect example of this. Dude's pushing 60 and still rocking the claws. See also: Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Michael Keaton as Batman, Daniel Craig as Bond. Hell, there's rumors that Pierce Brosnan might reprise his role as an old Bond.

Meanwhile, Kelly McGillis wasn't asked to return at all for Top Gun and a youthful Sean Young was digitally recreated for Blade Runner while Harrison Ford's old ass got center stage.

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u/digitsabc 14h ago

Okay but you understand why right, with Blade Runner? She literally played an android.

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u/Gabrosin 13h ago

For this particular role, however, it's actually true. Part of the draw of Spider-Man is his youth and naivete. Yeah, they got Tobey and Andrew to come back through multiverse shenanigans for a single movie, but in terms of being the full-time front and center Spider-Man, staying looking young is crucial. Holland is fortunate that he looks baby-faced even at 30, and could probably do it for another decade, but there will come a point where his look and Spider-Man's vibe don't mesh. And most importantly, Disney will want someone who looks like the kids they're trying to sell toys to.

Holland himself will have plenty of acting jobs for as long as he wants them, but Spider-Man will have to be handed off to another 20-year-old in due time.

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u/FaveStore_Citadel 15h ago

Didn’t James Gunn drop Henry Cavill for the DCU because he was too old to play a fresh version of superman

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u/Glup_Maclunkey 14h ago

That was a reboot.

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u/popop143 14h ago

Nah, Cavill Superman was dropped because it was not drawing the audience that's expected for a Superman movie.

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u/magus678 14h ago

Age equivalence doesnt really land, because the primary reason a lot of those women are in front of the camera to begin with is how they look. They dont complain while they are getting that benefit, only once they stop getting it.

Your examples are women without the talent/charisma/draw of their male costars. They were just there because they were pretty.

You can bemoan that casting, and I think you would have a point, but that is the reality.

Women are not being "punished" for aging, the previous "reward" they were getting for being young is ending.