Tom Holland on the highs and lows of being Spider-Man – and how Zendaya helped him to cope with fame

He’s always had a knack for entertaining. He was dancing along to Janet Jackson songs when he was still in nappies and was 12 when he made his stage debut in Billy Elliot the Musical.

But not even Tom Holland could have foreseen that he’d play one of the biggest superheroes of all time – Spider-Man, the amazing part-human, part-arachnid whose mission it is to rid the world of crime.

And Tom (25) has gone on to make history too: he’s been playing Spidey for six years, becoming the longest-serving actor to bring the beloved Marvel Comics character to the screen.