Antonio Banderas Needs Tom Holland to Lead ‘Zorro’ Reboot

Antonio Banderas has expressed renewed curiosity in returning for an additional “Zorro” movie. Talking with Comicbook.com, the actor shared that he’d be open to serving to one other hero tackle the mantle.

“Sure, I might, I might think about that risk, why not?” Banderas stated when requested about returning for a possible follow-up. “In the event that they known as me to do ‘Zorro,’ I might do what Anthony Hopkins did for me, which is to move the torch.”

Who ought to the torch go to in Banderas’ opinion? He put his vote down for Tom Holland, who he just lately starred alongside in Sony’s “Uncharted,” based mostly on the favored Ps online game sequence.

“I did ‘Uncharted’ with him, and he’s so energetic and enjoyable,” Banderas stated of Holland’s appearing model. “He’s received this spark, too. Why not?”

Banderas first portrayed the masked vigilante in 1998’s “The Masks of Zorro,” which featured Hopkins as Don Diego de la Vega, the unique Zorro, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. The function follows Banderas’ character as he takes over the mantle, tutored by Hopkins’ mentor. The success of the primary movie led to a sequel, 2005’s “The Legend of Zorro,” which didn’t fare as properly critically or commercially.

Banderas can subsequent be heard — however not seen — within the upcoming DreamWorks sequel “Puss in Boots: The Final Want,” by which he voices the titular, Zorro-like hero that first originated in DreamWorks’ “Shrek” movies.

Presently, sans any potential “Zorro” reboots, Holland is starring within the Apple TV+ sequence “The Crowded Room” and can be hooked up to play actor and dancer Fred Astaire in an upcoming Sony biopic.