Also named Friday to the cast was Sabrina Carpenter, who will play Astaire’s best-known partner, Ginger Rogers. Carpenter, whose musical work has earned her two Grammys, is no stranger to acting. A product of the Disney system, the 27-year-old has appeared in about a dozen films, including The Hate U Give<\/em> (2018), The Short History of the Long Road<\/em> (2019), and, more recently, Tall Girl 2<\/em> (2022).<\/p>\n Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter on February 03, 2024<\/p>\n <\/span>Lester Cohen\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n After a busy year marked by the releases of twin blockbusters The Odyssey<\/em><\/a> and Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/em>\u2014box-office hits directed by Christopher Nolan and Destin Daniel Cretton, respectively\u2014Tom Holland has returned to his first love, dance.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have Fred Astaire next,” the former Billy Elliot<\/em> star revealed on the set of Good Morning America<\/em><\/a> in July. \u201cAs soon as I’m finished with these tours I’m diving back into the dance studio.”<\/p>\n Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in a scene from Carefree<\/em> (1938)<\/p>\n <\/span>Bettmann<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n \u201cI did my first few rehearsals recently and it both filled me with excitement and absolute dread,\u201d he continued. \u201cI’ve got so much work to do to try and do Fred proud.\u201d<\/p>\n And what does that mean? \u201cI have a desire to use no doubles,\u201d Holland asserted. \u201cTo do all of the dancing, to shoot those dances in one shot, how he would have done it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n