“I had a meeting, after or during ‘Spider-Man 2’ [‘Far from Home’], with Sony to pitch this idea of a young Bond film that I’d come up with,” Holland said. “It was the origin story of James Bond. It didn’t really make sense. It didn’t work. It was the dream of a young kid, and I don’t think the Bond estate were particularly interested.”

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Still, while the James Bond idea didn’t pan out, Holland said there was something there within those conversations. “The idea of a young Bond film sparked this idea, in turn, that you could do a Nathan Drake story as an origin story, rather than as an addition to the games. And that opened a conversation.” Nathan Drake is the fictional protagonist of the “Uncharted” universe, which began as a video game series developed by Naughty Dog. His appearance and personality as a good-natured treasure hunter was inspired by a combination of Johnny Knoxville, Harrison Ford, and pulp magazine heroes. Holland has been busy on the press tour for both “Spider-Man” and “Uncharted” back to back. Recently, he took Martin Scorsese to task for decrying Marvel movies as real art. “You can ask [Martin] Scorsese ‘Would you want to make a Marvel movie?’ But he doesn’t know what it’s like because he’s never made one,” Holland told THR. “I’ve made Marvel movies and I’ve also made movies that have been in the conversation in the world of the Oscars, and the only difference, really, is one is much more expensive than the other. But the way I break down the character, the way the director etches out the arc of the story and characters — it’s all the same, just done on a different scale. So I do think they’re real art.” “Uncharted” is directed by “Zombieland” filmmaker Ruben Fleischer. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.