MCU favourite Tom Holland has praised the deepfake video featuring himself alongside Robert Downey Jr in Back to the Future.

Coming to light earlier this month, the video superimposes Holland's likeness onto Michael J. Fox's Marty McFly, while Downey Jr takes over the role of Christopher Lloyd's Doc Brown.

It's creepy yet thoroughly convincing, and in a recent interview with BBC Radio 1, the Spider-Man star admitted he was a fan.

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"I'd be lying if I said that there hadn't been conversations in the past about doing some sort of remake," he revealed, "but that film is the most perfect film, or one of the most perfect films – one that could never be made better.

"That said, if Downey and I could just shoot that one scene that they remade, for fun – he could pay for it because he's got loads of money – I would do it for my fee and we could remake that scene.

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"I think we owe it to deepfake because they did such a good job."

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Explaining how he was initially "almost offended" by the video, Holland added: "My first thought was like, 'I need to call my lawyer, like right now and sue someone. This is great I'm gonna get paid today!'

"But I didn't because I thought it was a great video. I think I'm gonna speak to Robert and see if we can try and recreate something for deepfake."

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Spider-Man: Far From Home is available now on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download. A third Spider-Man movie starring Tom Holland has a release date of July 16, 2021.



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