‘Thus with a kiss I die.” Or should that be radioactive spider bite? Spider-Man swung his way into the West End this week as the teen heart-throb and Marvel superstar Tom Holland unveiled his Romeo in Jamie Lloyd’s new West End production of the star-crossed lovers’ story. And although he might have left his Spidey suit at home and stopped short of webbing his way up Juliet’s balcony, as a sweaty, grinning, muscled-up Holland made his bows at the end of Tuesday’s night preview, it was clear whom the whooping, whistling and strikingly teenage audience had come for. Don’t sweat it, Shakespeare — leave this one to Spider-Man.
There’s a long (and not entirely glorious) history of glitzy celebrities venturing into West End or Broadway
