Naomi Watts on Tom Holland's career rise after she starred with him in his first film The Impossible

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Naomi Watts on Wednesday commended Tom Holland, who she acted alongside in his very first motion picture, on his career success as Spider-Man.The English beauty, 53, speaking to ComicBookMovie.com's Josh Wilding said she was 'so happy for' Holland, who she appeared with in the 2012 adventure drama The Impossible.Watts, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role as Maria in the film, said she had a premonition Holland, 25, would go on to success in Hollywood.

The latest:Naomi Watts, 53, on Wednesday commended Tom Holland, 25, who she acted alongside in his very first motion picture, The Impossible, on his career success as Spider-Man'I always knew that Tom would go on and have a pretty outstanding career,' Watts said. 'I didn’t think of Spider-Man.

That’s just, you know, not something that came to mind, but I knew that he had all of the goods.'This was a kid who was doing his first movie, had unbelievable access to emotions, had great discipline and whether or not that comes from his dance and athletic background, I don’t know, but he had a really great family too.' The 21 Grams star commended the people working with Holland, who has played the role of Spider-Man in a series of Marvel blockbusters including 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home, 2019's Spider-Man: Far from Home and 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming.'They’re a really solid team of people there supporting him,' she said. 'He’s off on his own now, of course, but just having a really good foundation … you’re going to be up for all of the challenges in our industry that play out if you’ve got a good family.

It doesn’t surprise me is what I’m trying to say!' Watts portrayed the mother of Holland's character Lucas in The Impossible, which was directed by J.