--- title: A Tom Holland Superfan Did the Best Copycat Photo Shoot description: A fan of the 'Spider-Man' actor recreated his photo shoot for GQ with extreme attention to detail — so of course Holland got in touch. canonical: https://time.com/5293904/tom-holland-photo-shoot/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-29T15:07:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:09.310Z og:title: A Tom Holland Superfan Did the Best Copycat Photo Shoot og:description: The teen recreated the Spider-Man actor's photo shoot — and went viral og:url: https://time.com/5293904/tom-holland-photo-shoot/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Tom Holland Superfan Did the Best Copycat Photo Shoot twitter:description: The teen recreated the Spider-Man actor's photo shoot — and went viral twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # A Tom Holland Superfan Did the Best Tom Holland Photo Shoot Remake > Sponsored content. 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That’s the approach taken by Arizona teen and apparent [Tom Holland](http://time.com/4837442/spider-man-tom-holland-peter-parker/) superfan Tori Bernal, who recreated photo-by-photo a shoot for British _GQ_ _Magazine_ starring Holland, the young actor best known for his breakout role as the star of the latest [_Spider-Man: Homecoming_](http://time.com/4834038/spiderman-homecoming-marvel-avengers-venom/). As documented on her Instagram and Twitter, aspiring photographer Tori Bernal roped in her family to help her put together the copycat photo shoot. Between shirts that look identical to Holland’s high-fashion threads to near-perfect location duplicates, poses and even lighting, Bernal’s work quickly caught the attention of the internet for its dedication. “This is my version of fan art,” she captioned her now-viral post, asking for help getting Holland’s attention so he could see her homage. Bernal was in luck: she uploaded an Instagram featuring her meeting Holland at this year’s [Comicpalooza](http://www.houstonpress.com/arts/first-scenes-from-comicpalooza-2018-10513281), a Texas entertainment and pop culture convention, over the long weekend. And according to Bernal, Holland had already seen the photos. “This was you?! These were viral yesterday!” she wrote that he told her. 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