Antonio Banderas Thinks Tom Holland Should Be The Next Zorro

Who needs new ideas when filmmakers can just reboot and reinvent stories from years past? Just in the past decade alone, moviegoers have seen the return of countless historic film franchises — including Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Predator, and Top Gun, to name a few. Now, it appears that one more name may be added to the list with a possible return of Antonio Banderas as Zorro.

Chris is the host of ComicBook.com's Daily Distraction. He and Antonio spoke via video chat in order to promote the latest addition to the Shrekverse, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. Considering the many similarities between Puss and Zorro, Chris seized the opportunity to turn the topic of conversation to one of Banderas' most beloved films — The Mask of Zorro.

He then goes on to talk about how the world of cinema is currently entrenched in the era of the legacy sequel and asked whether or not Antonio had any interest in returning to the seminal character in order to pass the torch to the next generation.

"I would consider that possibility; why not? If they called me to do Zorro, I would do what Anthony Hopkins did in the first to me. And so, yes, give the torch to somebody else."

"Tom Holland," Antonio replied without hesitation. "I did Uncharted with him and he's so energetic and fun and he's got this spark, too. You know, why not?"

You heard it straight from the fox's mouth — Tom Holland should be the next Zorro. Considering he's already taken on the mantle of Nathan Drake, as well as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, picturing him as the epochal masked swashbuckler/freedom fighter doesn't seem too far outside the realm of possibility.