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Avengers: Doomsday May Use Double For Tom Holland's Spider-Man Scenes

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February 17, 2025

Christoph Rediske

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Tom Holland’s Spider-Man scenes in Avengers: Doomsday may be filmed with a stunt double due to his busy schedule.
Fans can expect to see Spidey with his mask on more often.
Avengers: Doomsday is anticipated to be emotional, with Holland’s Spider-Man facing off against Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom.

Avengers: Doomsday cast member Tom Holland has multiple projects filming this year, so Marvel Studios may take a page from The Mandalorian‘s playbook to accommodate the actor’s busy schedule.

Avengers: Doomsday is scheduled to begin production in March 2025, unless rumors of filming potentially being postponed due to an unfinished script are correct. While Robert Downey Jr. is the only officially announced Avengers: Doomsday cast member, Holland’s Spider-Man is expected to play a key role in the much-anticipated film. However, Holland also stars in Spider-Man 4 and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, both of which start filming this year. Juggling 3 high-profile big-budget blockbusters won’t be easy, but Avengers: Doomsday has seemingly found a simple solution.

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Reputable scooper Daniel Richtman reports that Avengers: Doomsday may use a stunt double to film some of Holland’s Spider-Man scenes. According to Ritchman, this is due to Holland being busy filming Nolan’s The Odyssey. This likely means fans can expect to see a few more scenes of Spider-Man with his mask on than usual. Of course, using a double to stand in for a busy actor is not an uncommon practice in Hollywood, particularly if the performer is playing a character with a head and/or face covering.

For example, Pedro Pascal wasn’t on set for much of The Mandalorian season 3 despite playing the titular bounty hunter Din Djarin. The Mandalorian season 3 filming coincided with production on HBO’s The Last of Us season 1, in which Pascal plays Joel, a role that requires his face to be visible. Fortunately, The Mandalorian team didn’t need to wait for Pascal to complete his work on The Last of Us because Din Djarin is always seen with his helmet on in the Star Wars show’s third season. Therefore, a double could film scenes in the Mandalorian armor while Pascal primarily did voice-over work for his role.

Some fans may be pleased to hear Holland’s Spider-Man will need to keep his mask on more than usual. One common criticism of superhero movies, at least in their early years, was that the titular heroes would take off their masks too often. Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man movies were arguably the most guilty of this trope. The most reasonable explanation for this is that studios often pay large fortunes to sign these actors onto superhero movies, with their salary increasing if they’ve been attached to the role for a long period, so they understandably want to showcase the actor they paid a lot of money for as often as possible. Still, many fans would prefer if superheroes weren’t so careless with how often they unmask in the movies.

On the other hand, Avengers: Doomsday is expected to be an emotional film due to Downey Jr.’s involvement as Doctor Doom. Many of the Avengers have a long history with Tony Stark, so seeing an adversary with his appearance is likely going to pack a punch. Holland’s Spider-Man arguably had the deepest relationship with Stark, so fans are eager to see how he will react to essentially confronting an evil variant of his former mentor. Assuming such a scene occurs in Avengers: Doomsday, many fans will be disappointed if Holland isn’t on set for this reunion. Hopefully, this won’t be the case.

Avengers: Doomsday is scheduled to be released in theaters on May 1, 2026.