- Antonio Banderas spoke with Comicbook.com in an interview published Saturday.
- Banderas, 62, said he wants Tom Holland to reprise the Zorro role if there was a remake.
Antonio Banderas revealed which celebrity he wants to reprise the role of Zorro in a reboot.
Banderas shared his thoughts during an interview with $4 while discussing "$4 a new film premiering in theaters on December 21.
The outlet noted that fans of Banderas often wonder if he will ever reprise his role as Alejandro Murrieta, aka Zorro, whom he played in 1998's "The Mask of Zorro" and "The Legend of Zorro" in 2005. When Drum asked who he'd like to see as the next Zorro, Banderas answered "without hesitation."
"Tom Holland," Banderas, 62, told Comicbook.com. "I did 'Uncharted' with him and he's so energetic and fun and he's got this spark, too. Why not?"
Banderas added that he's open to playing Zorro in a new franchise film but mainly wants to pass the mantle to the next actor. In the first film, Anthony Hopkins' character, Don Diego de la Vegas, gives the Zorro role to Banderas' character.
"I would consider that possibility. Why not?" Banderas said about handing over the role to another actor. "I think during today's interviews I said something like that to somebody … I said that if they call it Zorro, I will do what Anthony Hopkins did in the first movie and so give the torch to somebody else."
While there's no current news of a Zorro reboot, Banderas discussed the franchise in June 2021 with $4Banderas confirmed that director Quentin Tarantino approached him about a crossover between his 2012 film "Django Unchained" and the Zorro franchise.
"He just came up to me and I was like, 'In your hands? Yeah, man!'" Banderas told USA Today. "Because Quentin just has that nature to do those type of movies and give them quality. Even if they are based on those types of B-movies of the '60s and '70s, he can take that material and do something really interesting."
He added: "We've never worked together, but it would be great because of him, because of Jamie Foxx and because of (playing) Zorro again when he's a little bit older. It would be fantastic and funny and crazy."